According to the Federal Revenue office of Brazil, tax revenues reached 1.211 trillion in 2015, a decline of 5.62% over 2014.
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It was the worst year since 1992, according to information from the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
Architect Vincenzo Visciglia is launching a store carrying decoration items and haute couture pieces in late February. The official launch will be in March and the clientele is the high-income public.
World circulation of foreign direct investments reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 36% over 2014. Unctad says, however, that only a small fraction of this money went, in fact, to the productive sector.
The main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange closed down on a day in which the world’s top markets tumbled due to the oil price drop.
The Brazilian executive received offers from the Arab fund for four of his businesses in the marine infrastructure, oil and gas, coal and mining industries.
The indicator for the consumption of households measured by the National Confederation of Commerce increased 1.3% from December to January.
Global economy should expand 3.4% this year and 3.6% in 2017. Brazil could close 2016 with 3.5% shrinkage, with the Middle East growing 3.6%.
The USD 621 million surplus was the result of USD 3.145 billion in exports and USD 2.524 billion in imports. In the first week of January, the country had registered a trade deficit.
Last year, 18 million tons were sold. Exports increased 40% in volume, but revenues edged down 3.3%.
Financial institutions believe the Brazilian Central Bank will raise the benchmark rate by 0.5 percentage point this week.
Established 25 years ago by a Lebanese family, Pita Bread makes ten tons of bread a day. The company operates out of São Paulo state and also supplies product to bread company Wickbold.
State-owned company produced, on average, 2.6 million barrels of oil equivalent of oil and gas in Brazil, an increase of 5.5% in comparison to 2014.
Shipments from the country generated USD 22 billion in 2015, an increase of 6.7% over 2014, and external sales totaled USD 37 billion, a decline of 5.6%. Trade deficit went down 18%.
