Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus (exports minus imports) reached US$ 1.257 billion in the second week of September, as a result of US$ 5.073 billion in foreign sales and US$ 3.816 billion in foreign purchases. So far this month, the surplus has reached US$ 1.552 billion, with exports of US$ 9.626 billion and imports
Author: Agência Brasil
Funds will be applied to the lorries and buses division until 2012.
Edison Lobão, for Mines and Energy, stated that the country is going to build from 50 to 60 plants over the next 50 years. He made the statements when visiting the site in which Angra 3 will be built.
Agricultural activities, the field of civil construction and public expenses were the main boosters of growth of 6.1% in the Brazilian economy in the second quarter.
The expansion rate concerns the comparison with the same period of last year. In the second quarter of 2008, the GDP increased 6.1% over April to June, 2007.
Rio de Janeiro – The actual payroll of industry workers in Brazil has increased by 1.3% in July compared with the month of June. In the comparison with July 2007, the expansion was 6.9%. The survey was disclosed today (9th) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Industry wage increase, which reached 7.4%
Rio de Janeiro – Employment level in the Brazilian industrial sector has risen for the second consecutive month, having posted growth of 0.7% in July, compared with the previous month, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The survey shows that the variation was the highest since May 2004,
Starting next month, trade transactions between both countries may be made in reals or pesos, eliminating the need for use of the dollar.
Figure is the result of US$ 4.553 billion in exports and US$ 4.258 billion in imports.
The minister of Defence of Brazil, Nelson Jobim, said the model for concession to private companies should be ready next year. The first to be tendered should be airports in Rio and São Paulo.
According to the press office at the Brazilian state-owned oil company, inclusion in the index is proof that it ranks among the eight most sustainable companies in Brazil.
Industrial activity in Brazil grew 1% in July, mainly due to the performance of the machinery and input sectors.
Brasília – Up until next Friday (5th), the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture is going to promote, at the Centre of Agrarian Sciences of the Federal University of São Carlos, in the city of Araras, interior of the state of São Paulo, the "1st Ethanol Week: sharing Brazilian experience." The aim of the event is to
Foreign sales of Brazil from January to August totalled US$ 130.8 billion, an increase of 29.3% over the same period last year, whereas the average global growth was 15.3% a year.
