According to the sector association, Brazilian carmakers should produce 10,800 vehicles a day in February, against 8,900 in January. Last month there was growth in comparison to December.
Author: Agência Brasil
In the first week of February, the trade balance result generated a surplus of US$ 471 million. Year to date, the result is still negative, due to a deficit of US$ 518 million in January.
Production reached 186,000 units in Brazil in the month, against 96,600 in December 2008.
This statement was made by the Foreign Relations secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Célio Porto, who credits the good result to recovery of agricultural prices and volumes traded.
This is the first negative result in the trade balance since March 2001.
Celso Amorim called, in Davos, for all nations to lobby so that the congressmen of the United States do not approve new protectionist measures.
A report disclosed during the event, which gathers business and political leaders from several countries in Davos, calls for investment of US$ 515 billion a year in clean energy generation until 2030.
The increase was 8%. Brazil is in the third place in the sector ranking in the world, with around 1.6 million vehicles powered by Vehicle Natural Gas.
The imported liquefied natural gas arrived in Brazil in vessels in the liquid form and should be regassified. The gas should be used for production of electric energy in two mills in Ceará.
The country registered record entry of dollars in 2008, growth of 16.8% over 2007. The figures were disclosed yesterday (26) and include official currency exchanges and international card expenses.
The growth over 2007 was 30.3%. In December alone, the volume of funds entering the country reached US$ 8.1 billion. These funds are turned to several different sectors.
The financing by the Brazilian Development Bank in 2008, added to the counterparts by companies, resulted in total investment of US$ 72 billion, guaranteeing generation or maintenance of work posts.
A meeting in the sidelines of the World Social Forum, to begin on Tuesday, in the city of Belém, should guarantee privileged space for questions connected to direct access to public health.
This is the opinion of Development minister Miguel Jorge, who described sector sales as important. He is leaving to Libya on Saturday, on the first leg of the mission to North Africa.
