According to the Minister of Agriculture, the value is 16.1% over the total last year. Crops with perspectives for better performance are beans, onions, wheat, peanuts, soy, maize and coffee.
Author: From the Newsroom
Conclusion of drilling at the Iara well, in the Santos Basin, revealed reserves containing from 3 billion to 4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas in the pre-salt layer.
This growth is over August last year. Revenues with sales were US$ 354 million. There was also growth in the accumulated sales this year.
Renault and Peugeot-Citroën registered expressive growth in sales this year. The former grew 82% up to August and the latter, 34%.
The Arab country spent US$ 2.3 billion in food purchases abroad between January and July. Wheat, maize and butter were the products that grew most in imports.
Brazil exported 3.53 billion litres of ethanol in 2007 and should ship 6.1 billion litres abroad in 2011, according to a study by the National Supply Company. The cane crop this year should be record.
Brazil sold the equivalent to US$ 6.8 billion in the month. In the accumulated result for the year, sector foreign sales have already reached US$ 48.5 billion, an increase of 28%.
The infrastructure and industry sectors generate the highest demand for funding by the bank.
From July to August, Bovespa received 320 new natural people as investors, reaching 529,089. Of this total, almost half is from São Paulo.
The company produces animal feed and doubled its structure in Águas Frias to expand production. Products range from pellets for cats, dogs and rabbits to food for animals used in scientific research.
The aim is to achieve a six-fold increase in production capacity at Siderperú, thus making it into one of the largest steel mills in South America. Output should exceed 1.5 million tonnes by 2011.
The company has a quarter of the meat market in Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. Sales to the Middle East total US$ 730 million a year.
This is the expected growth for the sector in Brazil this year, according to a survey conducted among 41 companies in the area that own more than 3,500 stores. Combined revenues total US$ 3.6 billion.
