Should the estimate prove true, the next harvest in Brazil will be larger than the last one. The minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes, said there should be no lack of credit for the sector.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brasília – The minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, Reinhold Stephanes, said that the foreign crisis and greater commodity prices, especially wheat, should not cause higher food prices. "I think that, for the time being, the crisis is not directly related to prices. I do not believe that there should be a
Foreign sales in September totalled US$ 6.8 billion. The greatest growth was registered in the sale of dairy products. The most sold product, in turn, was soy.
Petrobras is going to baptise the P-51 today. The platform was fully built in Brazil with 75% domestic components. The project cost US$ 1 billion.
The funds were announced today by the minister of Finance, Guido Mantega. Line will be destined for the pre-shipment modality.
The president at the organisation, Henrique Meirelles, made the announcement. The aim is to inject funds into the credit market, which is lacking liquidity due to the international financial crisis.
Brasília – The international financial crisis has prompted the Brazilian Central Bank to adopt a new measureto increase the volume of funds available in the market. The information was disclosed yesterday (2nd). Changes were effected to mandatory payments (a portion of the funds that banks are obliged to pay to the Central Bank) on government
The United States dollar will no longer need to be used in trade between the two countries.
Reduction was recorded in comparison with July, according to a survey disclosed today by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics.
The bank disbursed US$ 4.3 billion in credit for the area over the last 12 months, an increase of 106% over the previous year. In the whole of 2008, disbursements should total US$ 4.7 billion.
Information was disclosed in a survey published today by the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
The equipment is used to track information about the animals from birth to the date of slaughter. It is cheaper than the imported product and may help expand beef exports from the country.
Brasília – The Brazilian Central Bank is expecting greater economic growth this year. According to the Quarterly Inflation Report, disclosed today (29th) by the organisation, the projection of increase for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the sum of all goods and services produced in the country, has risen to 5%. The rate is
The figure is from the Air Transport Directory, launched last Friday by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac). Contributing factors include low tariffs and seat supply higher than demand.

