Author: Alexandre Rocha
The sector answers to 1.7% of the country Gross Domestic Product and grew 9% in 2004. Different from the general belief, most of the brands that operate in the franchise system in Brazil, are national. They generate around 30,000 direct jobs a year.
The sector answers to 1.7% of the country Gross Domestic Product and grew 9% in 2004. Different from the general belief, most of the brands that operate in the franchise system in Brazil, are national. They generate around 30,000 direct jobs a year.
Despite the drought, which affected mainly the southern region of Brazil, and the appreciation of the Brazilian real against the United States dollar, the shipping generated US$ 20.2 billion, 10.2% more than in the same period last year. The main products exported were soy, cattle beef, sugar and fuel alcohol.
Agência Brasil Rio – The Brazilian industrial sector output rose for the third consecutive month in May, reports the government statistical bureau (IBGE). Production was up 1.3%, compared to April, and 5.5%, compared to May 2004. The coordinator of the IBGE monthly industrial sector survey, Isabella Nunes, says "The numbers reflect a positive economic scenario,
The objective is to avoid that companies register the names of natural products as theirs, as is the case with cupuaçu. The fruit from the Amazon had its name patented by two Japanese companies, making it impossible for Brazilian exporters to sell products made from the fruit in Germany.
Agência Brasil Seoul – The Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Celso Amorim, said yesterday (24) that commercial relations between Brazil and South Korea may reach US$ 6 billion to US$ 7 billion in two years. According to Amorim, current exchanges between the two countries amount to US$ 3 billion, as per the Brazilian estimate,
