Consortium headed by the company was awarded lines 5-Lilás and 17-Ouro of São Paulo’s rail transportation system for BRL 553.8 million (USD 177.55 million).
Author: Agência Brasil
The index, measured by the National Confederation of Industry, reached 59 points this month, the highest level since April 2011.
An index from Brazil’s National Confederation of Trade increased in January. Nevertheless, its score remains lower than the so-called ‘zone of indifference,’ which shows consumers are cautious.
Foreign sales of agriculture and livestock products from Brazil grossed USD 96 billion last year. The top-selling item was soybeans.
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.
