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The company production reached 16,400 units in Brazil and abroad at the end of last year. This year, production should total 16,500 bodies, according to company forecasts. Marcopolo has units in Argentina, South Africa, Colombia, Mexico and Portugal.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Foreign direct investment in Brazil should reach US$ 1 billion in the month of February, according to estimates by the Central Bank. They totalled US$ 770 million up to Tuesday (21), according to information supplied by the financial institution. *Translated by Mark Ament
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian exports totalled US$ 2.1 billion in the third week of February and imports totalled US$ 1.5 billion. International purchases grew above foreign sales, making the trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) drop from US$ 881 million, in the previous week, to US$ 579 million between February 13 and 17. The
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Oil company Petrobras announced yesterday (16) the beginning of deep-water production at Espírito Santo Basin, in southeastern Brazil, from floating platform Seillean, which has started operating in Golfinho (Dolphin) Field. Initial daily production is expected to be 21,000 barrels of oil, during the test phase, and it will be
The city of Barbacena and surrounding cities, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, produced 12 million roses last year. For this year, the target is to increase the total to 15 million stems and return to the foreign market. Barbacena, which has 20 small producers of roses, was a large exporter of roses in previous decades. In this new phase, the first sale abroad was made to Portugal at the beginning of the year.
According to the Brazilian Federal Treasury secretary, Joaquim Levy, the measure published yesterday should bring around US$ 4 billion to the country yet this year and up to US$ 10 billion in 2007. According to him, other countries do the same, among them France, Germany, Argentina and Mexico.
The sweets, lollipops and chewing gum produced by Riclan, from the city of Rio Claro, are exported to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Qatar. To maintain good relations with importers, at least once a year a company representative travels to the region to visit distributors and prospect new clients.
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – Brazilian exports added up to US$ 2.375 billion last week, against imports equivalent to US$ 1.494 billion, which resulted in a trade surplus of US$ 881 million. Throughout the 8 working days in February, the positive surplus accumulates US$ 1.026 billion. In the year, the trade balance surplus (exports minus imports)
