The surplus of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil was due to the improvement of investment in bonds, fixed income and remittance of profits and dividends.
Author: Agência Brasil
In 2009, the company extracted 2.5 million barrels of oil and gas per day, on average, in its domestic and foreign operations. In Brazil, the daily output was 2.3 million barrels.
The information was supplied by the minister of the Special Secretariat for Ports, Pedro Brito. He stated that the sector is a priority, and that improvements should take place across the country.
Gasoline and aviation fuel sales by Petrobras Distribuidora totalled 310,383 cubic metres in 2009. Rising sales by airlines WebJet and Azul are among the factors that contributed to the expansion.
The state-owned company will start using methane gas extracted from Latin America’s largest landfill as fuel at the Duque de Caxias Refinery, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro.
This is the value of investment that Brazilian ports should receive in private investment over the next five years, according to estimates by Pedro Brito, minister at the Special Ports Secretariat.
The coordinator of the Pastoral Care for Children, which assists poor families in Brazil, fell victim to the quake in the Caribbean country yesterday. She was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Special Ports Secretariat hopes to make available around US$ 388 million in 2009 to prepare and build tourist port terminals in seven of the 12 states to host World Cup matches.
According to the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, the rate of occupation grew 1.1% from October to November 2009. In comparison with 2008, however, the index is still down.
An Economic Research Institute report shows the country may have social indicators akin to those of developed countries by 2016, should the inequality reduction rate remain as in the last five years.
Starting in February, the rate of ethanol will go down from 25% to 20%. The measure will remain in force for 90 days.
To the International Labour Organization, this should be the key point of economic policies adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries. The organisation forecasts more work posts in 2010.
In the period from January 1st to 10th, exports totalled US$ 2.526 billion, as against US$ 2.901 billion in imports, resulting in a US$ 375 million deficit.
To the UN agency, the slowdown in sales in 2009, caused by the international financial crisis, was the worst since 1937. This year, however, there should be an improvement.
