It was the worst monthly result in August. Exports totalled US$ 3.135 billion and imports, US$ 2.72 billion.
Author: Agência Brasil
The discovery confirms the presence of recoverable volumes of some 280 million barrels of light oil and also good productivity and is located nearly 120 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
The sector had net profit of US$ 313 million in the second half. The performance was partly boosted by the My House, My Life program, which subsidises the construction of housing.
The government has asked the WTO to analyse the United States surcharges on Brazilian orange juice. The Foreign Office contests the calculations made by US authorities.
In the same period last year, the flow was US$ 3.149 billion positive. From January to last week, the result was US$ 5.957 billion, against US$ 15.589 billion in the same period in 2008.
The Brazilian Antarctic Program should receive the investment from the federal government. Most of the funds will be turned to cooperation between Latin American countries.
Revenues from online sales totalled US$ 2.5 billion in the first half. The main items sold were books and subscriptions to magazines and newspapers. Household appliances were a highlight as well.
The income of the Petrobras subsidiary in the first half of the year was 1.4% lower than in the same period last year. The organisation sold 20 billion litres of fuel.
The country exported the equivalent of US$ 3.19 billion in exports and imported US$ 2.51 billion in the second week of the month. So far this year, the country is running a US$ 18.5 billion surplus.
The result represents a reduction of 20% when compared to the first six months of last year, when profits totalled US$ 9.3 billion.
So said yesterday the director of the Applied Economic Research Institute. According to him, the unemployment rate, number of hired workers and industrial output data point to the country’s recovery.
Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil yielded a positive result of US$ 2.255 billion from the 1st to the 7th this month, with five business days. In the same period last year, the flow of foreign currency was positive by US$ 2.178 billion. The data was disclosed today (12th) by
To the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, credit is no longer the main concern among businessmen.
The state-owned company may revise up the investment volume from 30 billion reals (US$ 16.3 billion) forecasted for the coming four years. The statement was made yesterday by the company president.
