Value was applied in the country in the past ten years. Last year FDI was US$ 11.5 billion, up 20% over 2012.
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Brazil’s Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) has cut the tax on capital goods imports from 14% to 2%. The measure will remain valid until the end of 2014 and includes 95 types of products not made domestically.
Foreign sales were down 7% from 2009 to 2013, from US$ 162 mn to US$ 150 mn, according to the Rio de Janeiro State Industry Federation. In the same period, exports from Rio were up 17%.
The World Economic Outlook report warns of lower demand for oil and political instability in the Middle East and North Africa countries.
Technicians from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) institute believe there are evidences of increased output in the first two months this year. Production was up 1.3%.
Workshop with the president of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, Wilen Manteli, will take place on the 16th, in São Paulo.
Foreign sales from Brazil stood at US$ 3.8 billion in the first four work days of the month. Average daily exports were up 4.1% from March and 3% from the same period in 2013. The trade balance is running a deficit.
Annual Investment Meeting will take place from April 8th to 10th featuring delegates from 120 countries, according to the event’s organizers.
The openings will be created in Brazil’s 12 host states between April and June, as per estimates from the National Federation for Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism.
IMF mission praises the economic policy and the improvement in the Arab country’s accounts, but warns that the population is plagued by unemployment and inequality.
The funds were pledged as of the ousting of the former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, in July last year. The funds are pending approval from the Kuwaiti Parliament.
IMF’s Managing Director met the Arab county’s Prime-minister and congratulated the government on the new Constitution. However, she claimed the growth is ‘fragile’.
The total amounted to US$ 121.2 million in January and February. The decline over 2013 was mainly due to smaller funds invested in the productive sector, especially services.
Funds will be deposited in the African country’s Central Bank as part of an aid package. The Qatari emir visited Khartoum this week.
