The director general of the World Trade Organization was elected last Thursday for another term, starting on September 1st. He has headed the organisation since 2005.
Author: Agência Brasil
To Luciano Coutinho, the bank’s first quarter performance is proof of it. Disbursements totalled nearly US$ 8.7 billion, growth of 13% over the same period of 2008.
Sugarcane milling in the Centre-South of Brazil should total 550 million tonnes in the 2009/2010 crop. The estimate was supplied by the São Paulo Sugarcane Agroindustry Union.
The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil remained positive by US$ 596 million up until the 24th this month. The flow of finance is running a deficit, and the flow of trade recorded a surplus.
The figure is part of a survey conducted by the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo.
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.
