The Brazilian trade balance surplus totalled US$ 23.7 billion in the year-to-date through the third week of December. The figure represents 1% growth over the same period of last year.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made an assessment of the Climate Conference this Monday. He stated that the meeting managed to solve part of the problem, but criticized the US’ stance.
The funds should be added to the US$ 2.7 billion budget of the Merchant Marine Fund for 2010. They should be used to finance 161 projects in the area.
A Merchant Marine Fund has approved financing for Transpetro, a subsidiary of the Brazilian oil company for the transport sector. The fleet expansion program forecasts construction of 49 vessels.
The increase was recorded in fields operated by state-owned oil company Petrobras in the past 12 months. Average daily oil and gas extraction in November was 2.31 million barrels.
The information was culled from a survey of the National Confederation of Transport (CNT). The funds would be allocated to improving the grid and eliminating bottlenecks.
A total of 7.2 million heads of cattle were slaughtered in Brazil in the third quarter, 4.6% more than in the second quarter. The data were supplied by the Brazilian Statistics Institute.
The statement was made by the president of the Brazilian Central Bank, Henrique Meirelles. According to him, the country’s economy will grow next year anchored mainly on rising employment and credit.
The Brazilian Chief of Staff, Dilma Roussef, said that developed countries want to split the contributions to the fund for fighting global warming into near-equal parts.
Brazil generated 246,695 formal job positions, the highest ever for the month. In the year to date, 1,410,348 positions were created.
The National Confederation of Industries and Apex are going to set up an office in Brussels to monitor and act against non-tariff barriers, imposed by the EU, affecting Brazilian exports.
In December, up until the 11th, the sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil was positive by US$ 884 million, as announced today by the Central Bank.
The president of COP-15, Connie Hedegaard, stepped down after being accused of favouring wealthy countries in the negotiations. She will be replaced by the Danish prime-minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
The Brazilian National Treasury raised US$ 525 million through sales of bonds abroad. The papers were sold with the lowest interest rate in history.
