Brazil’s Guido Mantega stated that 2012 will be a year of challenges for the Brazilian economy, but the country is capable of facing up to the crisis.
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Japan purchased less in the period and Iran has been reducing imports since 2011. Sales to Iraq also fell. In the accumulated result for the year, however, shipments rose 3.1%.
Industrial activity lost momentum in January in nine out of 14 regions surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 6.517 billion from the 1st to the 11th of this month, whereas imports totalled US$ 6.257 billion.
From now on, loans settled before five years will pay 6% Tax on Financial Operations. The measure caused the dollar to appreciate.
Last Friday, requests started being bids for raises of the Import Tax on products whose sales were hindered by the world crisis. Requests may be submitted up until April 2nd.
The Brazilian minister of Finance, Guido Mantega, stated that taxes charged on companies’ payrolls will be lowered.
This was the total turned to exploration of 1,700 licenses granted by the country. Up to now, concession holders have revenues of US$ 4.3 billion.
Sales from Brazil to the Arab world totalled US$ 970.5 million over the last month. In the first two months, they grew 1.86%, with greater shipments of meats and sugar, but with less ore and grain.
National Exporter Culture Plan, aimed at micro and small businesses, enters into force in April. It aims to increase the number of exporters in the segment by 10% to 15% a year, starting in 2013.
Here was a decline of 1.4% in January as against December. Other indices, however, have increased.
Bond issues from Brazil on international capital markets totalled US$ 16.8 billion in the first two months, growth of 50%. Apart from the government, 16 companies sought money abroad.
Line of financing will cover 68% of investment in five farms in the Brazilian Northeast. Combined installed capacity will be 139 megawatts.
The economist Luiz Carlos Merege will take part in a conference on the Lebanese presence worldwide, in the city of Jounieh, in the Arab country. He will discuss social actions of the colony in Brazil.
