Brasília – In a three-hour meeting, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accepted to expand the pre-salt oil royalties of producer states from 18% to 25%. The governors of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo wanted 33%. With this, the share of royalties turned to the Union dropped from 27% to 19%.
Author: Agência Brasil
Maputo – Brazilian businessmen, whose sectors may be affected by a surcharge on 222 products imported from the United States celebrated yesterday (10), in the capital of Mozambique, the initiative adopted as retaliation against illegal subsidies granted by the North American government to cotton producers. The businessmen are on a trade delegation to the south
São Paulo – Exports of vehicles have increased 16.7% (47,196 units) last month in comparison with September (40,448 units), but decreased 31.2% when compared with October 2008 (68,641 units), according to data from the National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). There was a 42% reduction in the year-to-date result. So far this year, foreign sales
Brasília – Brazil started the month of September running a trade deficit of US$ 147 million, as informed today (9th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. The figure resulted from US$ 2.606 billion in expos and US$ 2.753 billion in imports in the first week of the month, which had four
Brasília – The coordinator of the Interministerial Executive Committee for Biodiesel, Rodrigo Rodrigues, said today (9) that the government is interested in expanding the percentage of biodiesel in regular diesel sold at fuel stations. He pointed out, however, that this percentage may only be expanded compulsorily through a law. Up to January 2010, the diesel
Brasília – The estimated growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), i.e. the sum of the goods and services produced in the country has increased from 0.18% to 0.20% for 2009. For 2010, the growth estimate has been revised from 4.80% up to 4.83%. The data were taken from the Focus bulletin, published on a
Rio de Janeiro – Production of grain, leguminous and oleaginous plants in Brazil in 2009 should be 8.1% lower than the record-breaking crop of 2008, and should total 134.1 million tonnes, i.e., 8,500 tonnes less than the projection disclosed in September. Due to the weather conditions that affected the South Region, the Brazilian Institute for
Brasília – The government of Brazil has postponed to the 14th of November its definition of the Brazilian proposal to be taken to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Copenhagen, in December. The government wants more time to detail the measures to be taken by sectors like agriculture and ironworks to lower national emissions
Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus grew 7.5% for the year-to-date through October 31st, totalling US$ 22.599 billion. Figures announced today (3rd) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade show that exports from January to October were equivalent to US$ 125.879 billion and imports, to US$ 103.280 billion. During the period, exports
José Goldenberg, nuclear physicist and former minister of Education, stated that the pre-salt discovery will take 10 years to yield results to Brazil, and will enable the country to produce a surplus.
According to a research by the National Confederation of Transport, the country needs this volume to recover roads in bad conditions. Most are in the North.
If mechanisms for lower carbon emissions through deforestation are inserted in a global agreement to replace Kyoto Protocol, Brazil may have revenues of up to US$ 16 billion.
Sandra Carvalho, a lawyer, sociologist and director of non-governmental organization Global Justice, won the Annual Human Rights Award granted by Human Rights First (HRF), for her social action.
The investment of foreigners in shares in Brazil totalled US$ 8.7 billion. The value, from early this year to last week, is the highest since 1947, according to the Central Bank.
