The figure was supplied by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics. Out of that total, 87% are women who learnt the craft in their own family, from their mothers or grandmothers.
Author: Agência Brasil
Investment of the Petrobras subsidiary should be turned to expansion of its service portfolio and, according to the company business plan, should take place from 2009 to 2013.
Celso Amorim said in New York that the Brazilian decision of expanding trade partners has made the country less vulnerable to the crisis.
The growth was reached despite the 3.6% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Brazilian GDP reached US$ 1.2 trillion and the per capita GDP climbed 4% to US$ 6,400.
Akpo field has reserves estimated at 620 million barrels of oil. Production should reach 175,000 barrels a day in the third quarter.
The trade balance surplus is the result of exports of US$ 2.682 billion and imports of US$ 2.398 billion from March 1st to 8th. Year to date, the surplus is US$ 1.572 billion.
Brasília – Brazil already sold US$ 14.5 billion of its foreign currency reserves since the worsening of the international financial crisis, in September, up until March 02. The information was supplied today (05) by the president of the Central Bank (CB), Henrique Meirelles, during the International Seminar on Development, promoted by the Council for Social
The funds should be spent up until 2013 on ethanol and biodiesel production.
The Brazilian company produces petrol with a mixture of 3% ethanol in the country. It is the first step to sell ethanol on the Asian market.
For 2009, the Central Bank estimates investment of US$ 30 billion. In January last year, Brazil had received US$ 4.823 billion in FDI and in the whole of 2008, US$ 45.06 billion.
The government of Brazil is going to invest the funds in the National Centre of Advanced Electronic Technology, established to produce semiconductors and integrated circuits.
The concern regarding wheat supply in Brazil has generated talks about the Common Export Tariff on the product. Farmers are asking the government not to remove it.
The Export Financing Program has been expanded to include Brazilian companies with annual revenues of up to US$ 257 million. The previous limit benefited those with revenues up to US$ 128 million.
The forecast is for the period between 2009 and 2013. The target is to supply a demand of 135 million cubic meters of gas per day. Part of the funds should be turned to electric energy generation.
