Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 839 million in the third week of September, and totals US$ 2.391 billion so far this month. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. In the week, exports reached US$ 4.355 billion and imports, US$ 3.516 billion. In the accumulated
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The disbursements made by the Brazilian Development Bank grew 31%. The sector that received most financing was infrastructure, especially in the sectors of land transport and electric energy.
Foreign sales of Brazilian products generated US$ 722 million between January and August. Sector imports, in turn, totalled US$ 1.2 billion, an increase of 28%.
The tender will take place in December and involves continental areas only, 100 of which are located in mature basins, and the remainder are considered new exploratory frontiers, according to the ANP.
Brazilian steel works produced 3.14 million tonnes of bulk steel in August, 2.26 million tonnes of laminates and 859,000 tonnes of long steel.
Brazil sold the equivalent to US$ 1.38 billion to foreign countries between January and August. Sector organisation CICB blames the dollar value for the reduction in shipments.
The information was supplied by the executive manager for Pre-Salt Exploration and Production at Petrobras, José Formigli.
Surplus up until the 12th was US$ 4.3 billion. In the whole of last month, the difference between dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil was nearly US$ 2 billion.
Trade between Brazil and Arab countries reached US$ 13.6 billion by August, more than in all of 2007, and should exceed goals set a few years ago by the Brazilian government and the Arab League.
Cia. Orgânica, from São Paulo, ships half its annual organic coffee production abroad. Importer countries include the United Arab Emirates, which is going to increase its purchases as of November.
This information was disclosed by the Supply and Refining director at the Brazilian oil company, Paulo Roberto Costa. According to him, the organisation should expand diesel production.
Around 180 small suppliers are participating today in the Business Roundtables at the Rio Oil & Gas 2008. They will have an opportunity to present products to 25 large players in the sector.
The units, according to the company, will be installed between 2013 and 2016 in the Santos Basin, and represent the beginning of implementation of a definitive production system in the region.
Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus (exports minus imports) reached US$ 1.257 billion in the second week of September, as a result of US$ 5.073 billion in foreign sales and US$ 3.816 billion in foreign purchases. So far this month, the surplus has reached US$ 1.552 billion, with exports of US$ 9.626 billion and imports
