Foreign sales of agriculture and livestock products from Brazil grossed USD 96 billion last year. The top-selling item was soybeans.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Focus Bulletin released this Monday (15) by the Brazilian Central Bank includes a lower price hike expectation and a likelihood of stronger GDP growth.
After getting worse for three years on end, results are expected to remain strong as a new growth cycle, industry association Fenabrave said.
Data released by the Brazilian Central Bank this Monday (15) shows economic activity kept increasing again during the month.
Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras said costs were raised by 1.4% and 0.7%, respectively, this Friday (12).
Five out six subsectors saw growth, as per a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), including services rendered to households, information/communication and tourism.
Following an all-time high output at 237.7 million tons during the last season, Brazil’s total harvest could decline to 227.9 million tons in this one.
Tourist flows increased by 6% worldwide in 2017, UNWTO secretary-general said. The region played a role in keeping numbers going strong in the last months of the year.
Brazil’s Extended National Consumer Price Index ended 2017 up 2.95%, down from 6.29% in 2016.
Sales were up 0.7% from October and 5.9% year-on-year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said.
Think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas’s IGP-DI was driven by wholesale prices, which dropped by 2.52% last year.
As per the Brazilian Central Bank’s Focus Bulletin, financial market players polled expect 3.95% inflation and 2.69% economic growth this year.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported that the national industry grew for the third month in a row, driven by intermediate and durable consumer goods.
The Brazilian state-run bank supplied USD 6.09 billion in credit to projects in this sector last year.
