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Brazilian exports in the month totalled US$ 12.197 billion, and imports, US$ US$ 11.803 billion. This year, the accumulated trade balance surplus is US$ 228 million.
Brazil sold the equivalent to US$ 104.4 million on the foreign market in January. Tunisia is among the destinations that grew most, having expanded the business volume by 48.5 times.
A broad study on the population of Brazil, promoted by the IBGE every ten years, should cost US$ 910 million. The first figures should be disclosed in December.
The level of confidence in Brazilian industry, measured by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, grew 1.9% between January and February, reaching the third highest result since 1995.
The two deposits are in Barracuda field, in Campos Basin, 100 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The recoverable volume is estimated at 65 million barrels.
The institution’s net profit last year was US$ 5.6 billion. Total revenues advanced 12% to US$ 35.7 billion.
In January, average daily production of oil and natural gas reached 2.52 million barrels, against 2.43 million in the same month in 2009.
Businesswoman and designer Isabel Muxfeldt, from Jóias do Pantanal, is successful in the transformation of cattle horns into biojewels. The items are already sold in Europe and the United States.
The estimate was disclosed today by Armando Monteiro Neto, president of the National Confederation of Industries. He expects the return to pre-crisis levels.
The balance is due to exports of US$ 8.768 billion and imports of US$ 8.033 billion in the three weeks of February.
Brazil, together with China and India, stood out in the number of acquisitions and sales of makers of consumer products in late 2009. On the Brazilian market there were eight transactions.
Sales of the product should reach 1.145 billion litres in Brazil, according to the Abrafati, the sector association. Areas like the auto industry should boost the trade.
Brazil purchased 1.9 million tonnes of products, equivalent to US$ 2.2 billion. The main imports were inputs like fertilizers and thermoplastic resin.
