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.
Author: Agência Brasil
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.
In response to the Brazilian government’s announcement of a negotiation with France for purchasing 36 Rafale aircraft, the US government notified that its Congress has passed the technology transfer.
Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus from January until last week totalled US$ 20.448 million, growth of 18.7% over the same period last year (US$ 17.223 billion), according to figures supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and disclosed today (8th) in the Brazilian capital, Brasília. In the first week of
Brazilian farmers produced 134.8 million tonnes of grain. The result is second only to the previous crop, when 144.1 million tonnes were harvested.
The country is now the 56th in a group of 133 economies. Progress in the indicators of macroeconomic stability and financial market sophistication were the main contributing factors.
Minister of Finance Guido Mantega stated that the country is growing 4.5% to 5%, a figure that contrasts with the slow recovery of the world’s leading economies. He does not believe in a relapse.
The total necessary for the project is US$ 18.5 billion. Some 518 kilometres of tracks and tunnels should be built connecting the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro – Industrial output in Brazil increased in 10 out of 14 regions surveyed by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the comparison between July and June. The highest rates of growth were recorded in the states of Paraná (15.3%), Espírito Santo (8.9%), Goiás (6.0%) and Amazonas (3.6%), all of
Brasília – Two new airlines should begin operating in Brazil before the end of the year, proving that the rising number of Brazilians who use air transport continues to foster the emergence of new airlines. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), the number of passengers transported in domestic flights from January to July
The country recorded a US$ 2.8 billion surplus in dollar inflow and outflow operations. Finance and trade transactions effected up until the 28th were computed.
