Survey by Fundação Getúlio Vargas shows growth in the country, driven mainly by the service sector.
Author: Agência Brasil
Government intends to concede 23 terminals to the private initiative by the end of March, which should yield a great deal of investments.
The estimate by financial institutions for the Brazilian economic growth was downsized.
Companies may request authorization to import via Internet.
Ministry of infrastructure Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said auctions will be hold in the next one hundred days of the current administration.
Index of the Central Bank of Brazil, which tries to forecast the economic activity, grew last year over 2017.
Revenue of the segment fell last year in Brazil, after discounting the inflation effect.
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.

