There was a 3.5% decline from November, the highest since December 2008. In the whole of 2013, however, activity was up 1.2%.
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According to the National Petroleum Agency, the daily average in December was the highest ever. At the pre-salt layer, oil and gas extraction was up 2.5% from November.
The sum resulted from US$ 16 billion in exports and US$ 20 billion in imports. The performance was similar to that of the same month last year.
Central Bank’s Focus Bulletin estimates a 6% rate for this year, as against 6.02% in the prior poll, conducted last week.
Country bets on location as an attractive factor for international investors. The Tanger-Med Port, for example, is located only 14 kilometers from the European continent.
Brazilian foreign trade companies shipped the equivalent to US$ 24 billion in 2013. Imports by these specialized companies dropped 11% to US$ 5 billion in the same period.
Last year’s result corresponded to 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP, the lowest annual level in the Central Bank’s historic series.
Shipments added up to US$ 14 billion, representing a 5.4% decrease in relation to 2012, whereas imports in the same period added up to US$ 11.4 billion, an increase by 2.7%.
Loan authorization will be given after the new government is formed and a new constitution is approved by the country’s parliament.
In this episode: Lecture on the habits and culture of Arab countries; Arlene Clemesha; the Arab market for vehicles and parts; Laércio Barbosa, from company Toscano Foods; and the city of Porto Alegre.
A study by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) reports that capital flows are expected to gradually return to the developing economies in this year and the next. The entity has revised their previous forecasts.
In December, however, capital goods exports showed a strong increase, which was considered surprising by the sector association.
Invitation to tender published this Wednesday (29) asks companies to elaborate a study for the concession of a stretch of the Brazilian highway BR-101, in Rio de Janeiro. Bidders have ten days to apply.
Foreign direct investments in developing nations added up to US$ 749 billion. The sum represents 52% of the global FDI flow, which increased by 11% and reached US$ 1.46 trillion.
