Brasília – Child mortality in Brazil decreased from 100 to 23.3 deaths per 1000 live births between 1970 and 2008. The data were taken from the Complete Table of Mortality survey, issued today (1st) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and published in the Official Gazette. In the last decade alone, the
Author: Agência Brasil
The average life span for the country’s population went from 69.66 years in 1998 to 72.86 years in 2008, according to the Complete Table of Mortality of the Institute for Geography and Statistics.
The surplus is the result of exports of US$ 138 billion and imports of US$ 115 billion from January to November, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
According to the Environment minister Carlos Minc, in 2009, the country had its lowest deforestation rate in 21 years, and set a voluntary target of reducing forest clearing by 39% by 2020.
Petrobras Transporte has approved technical proposals by three shipyards – Mauá, Eisa and Promar Ceará – for construction of eight liquefied gas tankers. Commercial proposals should now be evaluated.
The country was the first to sign the FAO agreement whose objective is to prevent the illegal fishing vessels from entering ports.
Brasília – Brazil is going to increase its allocation of funds to the special line that is going to aid the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as announced today (25th) the Brazilian minister of Finance, Guido Mantega. According to him, the country is going to raise the total amount of funds to be passed on to
Brasília – The flow of dollars into and out of Brazil up to the 20th of November generated a positive result of US$ 1.481 billion, said the Central Bank of Brazil today (25). In the same period in November 2008, in which there were 14 working days, there was a US$ 2.533 billion outflow of
The Brazilian market received nearly US$ 10 billion in foreign funds last month, the highest monthly figure since the Brazilian Central Bank started keeping track, in 1947.
Brasília – In the third week of November, Brazil had a trade surplus of US$ 345 million, resulting from US$ 2.907 billion in exports and US$ 2.562 billion in imports. The figure points to a recovery of the trade surplus, after the country ran a deficit in the first week of the month (US$ 147
This statement was made in partnership with Getulio Vargas Foundation and the Economic Research Institute of the University of Munich. Some 146 specialist from 11 countries were approached.
The figure concerns the year-to-date period ended September. The food industry generated the highest turnover, followed by pulp and paper. The figures for 2009 are similar to those of 2007.
In October, extraction in Brazil was greater than in the same month of last year.
Rio de Janeiro – Petrobras and BG Group are going to establish a joint venture to develop an engineering product turned to the construction of an on-board gas liquefaction unit on maritime platforms. The plant is one of the technological alternatives under study by Petrobras to transfer the gas produced in the pre-salt layers in
