However, In the accumulated result from January to last Friday, the result is US$ 1.6 billion positive, against a negative balance of US$ 1.992 billion in the same period last year.
Author: Agência Brasil
Of the 181,400 work posts created in Brazil, the sector answered to almost 69,000. The service and civil construction areas also played significant roles.
Brazil is represented at the international organic product fair, which began in Germany on Wednesday. The exhibition should include producers from Paraná, who live in the area surrounding Itaipu dam.
The Focus bulletin, disclosed today by the Central Bank, shows that professionals in the financial market estimate economic growth of 5.47% this year.
The figure represents 10% growth over 2009. The income generated by visitors was US$ 285 million, according to Riotur estimates.
The volume of recoverable oil found by the company in the Santos Basin is estimated at 25 million barrels. Production at the site should start before the end of the year.
The figure was disclosed by the Central Bank. The year-to-date sum of dollar inflow and outflow is positive by nearly US$ 3 billion.
A bulletin issued by the Confederation of Industries today shows revenues in December 2009 exceeded by 0.2% the results for September 2008, which preceded the worsening of the international crisis.
The 20% rate was expected to be eliminated at today’s meeting, but the forecast did not come to pass. The Brazilian minister of Development, Miguel Jorge, is among those who support the reduction.
The US$ 172 million negative balance last week was the result of exports of US$ 2.928 billion and imports of US$ 3.1 billion, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Automobile manufacturing dropped by 3.7% in Brazil in January, compared with December last year. A total of 243,000 units were made.
The number of passenger arrivals at Brazilian airports last year was the largest ever recorded by the country’s Airport Infrastructure Company. Domestic arrivals totalled 56 million.
Rising exports of the commodity led the Brazilian trade balance deficit in January to be lower than the one recorded in the same month of last year.
Exports from the country increased 21% compared with the same month of last year. Imports rose by 17%. The balance of trade recorded a US$ 166 million deficit.
