Brasília – Brazil recorded a trade surplus – positive export result – of US$ 16.907 billion in the first eight months this year. The value is 38.43% lower than recorded during the same period of last year (US$ 27.461 billion). The information was supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. From
Author: Agência Brasil
The figure was disclosed today by the IBGE. The most populous city is still São Paulo, with 10.9 million inhabitants, followed by Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, the Federal District, and Fortaleza.
The estimate is by Brazilian Development Bank president Luciano Coutinho, and refers to the period from 2008 to 2011, when investment in the Brazilian economy should reach US$ 1.5 trillion.
Brasília – The volume of credit in the Brazilian National Financial System reached 1.085 trillion reals (US$ 669 billion) in July, a figure equivalent to 37% of the sum of goods and services produced in the country, i.e. the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is the highest percentage ever recorded since the Central Bank of
The figure concerns direct investment into Brazil from January to July. The volume totalled US$ 5.2 billion in August. The Central Bank estimates a US$ 35 billion inflow by December.
Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade (exports minus imports) recorded a surplus of US$ 1.66 billion in the third week of August. Foreign sales totalled US$ 5.304 billion, and purchases, US$ 3.638 billion. The surplus for the month so far stands at US$ 2.119 billion, with purchases of US$ 11.193 billion and sales of
The Brazilian banking institution posted net profit of US$ 2.5 billion in the first half of the year. As of late June, net assets stood at US$ 17.7 billion.
Brazilian sector sales to developing nations grow 20% per year. They answered to 39.6% of total exports in 2001, but have now reached 48%.
The country manufactured 17.44 million tonnes of raw steel in the first half this year. Good performance in the construction, automobile and machinery sectors contributed to the result.
