Revenue of the segment fell last year in Brazil, after discounting the inflation effect.
Author: Agência Brasil
Trading volume grew in four areas of the segment, including supermarkets.
Brazilian farms registered a production of 928.4 million dozen eggs in the fourth quarter of 2018, more than in the third quarter of last year and more than in the same period of 2017.
Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications is receiving proposals from developers of desalination technologies until February 18.
IPCA, Brazilian official inflation index, was above the 0.15% registered in December, driven by food and beverages.
Last month, 197,000 units were manufactured. Domestic sales grew by 10%, but exports dropped by 46%.
Growth was below the expected by the Brazilian Supermarket Association (ABRAS). For 2019, the expectation is a 3% increase.
State’s government announced a reduction from 25% to 12% in the ICMS aliquot charged on the fuel.
The country produced an average of 2.586 million barrels per day last year. Natural gas production, however, grew by 1%.
Financial institutions estimate 6.5% SELIC by end of 2019, the same as it is now.
IBGE published Brazilian industry progress over last year. Only in December there was also an increase.
Chevron bought the refinery for USD 526 million.
Last year, values of industrial goods increased two times more than in 2017 according to IBGE.
Volume of loans grew by 5.5% last year, according to Brazilian Central Bank.
