The figure is part of a survey conducted by the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo.
Author: Agência Brasil
The figure is part of a survey conducted by the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo.
The surplus is the result of exports of US$ 2.493 billion and imports of US$ 1.613 billion.
Nearly 125,000 requests were made last year, placing the country among the top 10 in the ranking. With regard to patents, Brazil ranks 24th.
The state-owned company extracted over 2.3 million BOE of oil and gas a day on average in Brazil in March, growth of 9.5% over March 2008, and of 3% compared with February.
According to a survey conducted by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, the index went from 96.1 points in March to 98.5 points this month.
Brazil rose from the tenth to the fifth position as a destination for the outsourcing of information and communications technology services from 2005 to 2007.
The result of the study should be published by Science magazine. The work involved 300 scientists from 25 countries. It cost US$ 54 million and should help in genetic improvement of cattle.
So says the Social Studies director at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), Márcio Wohlers. An Ipea survey shows that processing industry exports decreased 26% in the first quarter.
According to the National Telecommunications Agency, there are 153.67 million subscribers in the country. The market leader is operator Vivo, followed by Claro, Tim and Oi.
The volume of financing reached 42.5% of GDP in the month, against 41.8% in February.
Net assets entering the country in March reached US$ 844 mn, first positive result since May 2008. In fixed income, the difference between the entry and exit of foreign capital was US$ 708 mn.
Despite the bottlenecks, sector foreign sales grew US$ 800 million in 2007, to US$ 1.4 billion last year, according to an A.T. Kearney study.
Brasília – The Brazilian current transactions deficit (all of the operations with foreign countries) reached US$ 1.645 billion in March this year, a lower figure than the US$ 4.343 billion recorded in the same period of 2008. The negative result was higher than the figure forecasted by the Central Bank of Brazil for last month,
