Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
Investments in the Brazilian economy increased by 13.8% in the second quarter of this year, in comparison with the same period of 2006. This is the highest growth attained since 2004, when the rate stood at 14% in the second quarter of the year.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The Brazilian economy grew by 5.4% in the second quarter of the current year, compared with the same period of last year. Therefore, the sum of the riches produced in the country (Gross Domestic Product – GDP) during the first half of the year totals an accumulated growth rate
The state answered to 38% of the operations volume of the Regional Development Bank for the Extreme South in the first half of the current year, with resources deployed mostly to the agroindustrial sector.
Businessmen from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina will participate this Tuesday in a seminar about business possibilities between the state and Egypt. The event is part of a series of meetings on the subject that started being promoted in June, and will be held until the end of the year in different regions of Brazil.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a surplus of US$ 1.204 billion in the first week of September, which included four business days. Foreign sales from Brazil reached US$ 3.482 billion and purchases, US$ 2.278 billion. Average exports per business day stood at US$ 870.5 million, and imports, US$ 569.5 million. The
The Brazilian Tourism Institute will promote Brazil as a tourist destination in 42 international trade fairs during this half of the year. The first one started today (5) in the United States. By the end of the year, foreign tourists should spend US$ 4.8 billion in the country. Until July, the sum was US$ 2.8 billion.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer delivered this week the first Embraer 170 jet aeroplane to Australian company Virgin Blue Airlines. The airline has placed six firm orders for aircraft, and another 14 for another model, the Embraer 190. The orders were placed in November last year. The Virgin Blue Embraer
Agência CNI* Brasília – The sectors of automotive vehicles, basic metallurgy, and food and beverages have led Brazilian industry sales in July. Compared with the month of June, sales increased by 1.2% in the seasonally adjusted series. From January until July, sales recorded an accumulated growth of 3.3% in comparison with the same period of
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade is promoting today (04th), in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, the National Foreign Trade Meeting (Encomex). The event, organised in partnership with other public and private organisations, takes place at the head office of the Federation of Industries
Brazilian cheese sales to the Arab market grew by 20.2% from January until July this year in comparison with the same period of 2006, and stood at US$ 894,000. The countries in the region that consumed Brazilian cheese the most during the period were Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
A total of 260 million boardings and unboardings were recorded in July. The region that grew the most was the Middle East. The volume of cargo shipped was 4.6 million tonnes, an increase of 5.5%. Latin America recorded the greatest rise in cargo throughput.
