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.
Author: Agência Brasil
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.
The bank was the Brazilian institution that transferred the highest volume of Brazilian Development Bank funds in 2009. Export financing was the highlight.
The Food Supply Company informed it will donate another 200 tonnes of food to the victims of the earthquake that hit the country. President Lula announced the setting up of an emergency care unit.
Petrobras has risen from the ninth to the fourth place in the ranking of 50 main energy companies in the world, according to a study by consultancy company PFC Energy.
According to a report published this Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund estimates that the Brazilian economy will grow by 4.7% in 2010. As of October, the growth forecast was 1.2%.
The surplus was US$ 71 million last week, as a result of US$ 3.105 billion in exports and US$ 3.034 billion in imports. There was a deficit in the first two weeks of January.
To Guido Mantega, the Finance minister, the performance will be boosted by domestic demand. The Central Bank estimates advances of 5.8%.
