Such is the figure up until today (24th). Expenditures by foreigners in Brazil, during the same period, totalled US$ 331 million.
Author: Agência Brasil
At the opening of the UN General Assembly, the Brazilian president called for more participation of emerging countries in the IMF and the World Bank, and for the expansion of the UN Security Council.
The figure is the result of US$ 3.496 billion in exports and US$ 2.94 billion in imports.
From 2007 to 2008, the number of people aged over 40 in the country has risen 4.5%. The population above 60 years old has also grown, and accounts for 11% of the total.
The government passed today a bill prohibiting cultivation of cane in sensitive areas. However, sugarcane may sill be grown on 64 million hectares. Today, cane occupies 9 million hectares.
Brasília – In the month of August in Brazil, 242,126 job positions were created, as a result of 1,457,455 people taken on and 1,215,329 dismissals. It was the best result this year, as informed today (16th) by the Ministry of Labour, upon disclosing the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged). The number of
Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, also known as the flow of exchange, was negative by US$ 1.768 billion, in September, up until the 11th. The figure is lower than the one recorded in the same period of last year, which was US$ 4.179 billion. The information was disclosed today
The discovery was made in Santos Basin, 290 kilometres off the coast at a depth of approximately 5,150 meters.
The minister of Tourism should attend a trade fair for the industry in Japan. Besides, Brazil is now hosting the 2nd South American Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference, which started today (14th).
The figure resulted from US$ 2.5 billion in exports and US$ 2.1 billion in imports. So far this year, the Brazilian trade surplus is US$ 20.7 billion, growth of 12.4% over the same period of 2008.
The building of the maritime drilling equipment is going to cost 4 billion reals (US$ 2.1 billion). Delivery should take place between 2013 and 2018.
The consumption of families, which grew for the 23rd quarter running, was the main reason for expansion of the GDP in the period from April to June this year.
Industrial output in the country increased 2.1%, and services grew 1.2%. The figures were disclosed today (11th) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics.
The deficit in the first four working days of September was US$ 1.1 billion, against US$ 4.43 billion in the first four working days of September 2008. Year to date, the balance is US$ 5.78 billion.
