Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobrás reached, this Wednesday (6), its fourth record oil production in the last eight days, totaling 1,720,096 barrels per day (bpd) in the whole country, according to information issued by its office in Rio de Janeiro. Previous record production, reached last March 30th, was 1,650,947 bpd. The company’s press department announced
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According to the ranking of the Forbes magazine, amongst the 2,000 world greatest companies, 44 are Latin American. Of these, 19 are Brazilian. The main ones are oil company Petrobras, the bank Bradesco, the Bank of Brazil, and mining company Vale do Rio Doce.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Vehicle production in plants installed in Brazil set a record in March, turning out 218,573 units, 17.5% more than the 185,982 produced in February. When compared with March, 2004, the increase amounted to 14.1%. So far this year, vehicle production is up 12.5%. Exports rose 14.2% during the period, with
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Industrial production in Brazil fell 1.2% in February, compared with January. The decline affected 10 of the 23 activities surveyed, according to information released today by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The biggest declines occurred in pharmaceuticals (-15.6%), food (-2.2%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-3.1%),
Agência Brasil Brasília – In a public hearing, yesterday (5), before the Senate Economic Affairs Commission, the president of Petrobras (Brazilian Petroleum, S.A.), José Eduardo Dutra, said that Brazil may become self-sufficient in petroleum production next year. Dutra states that the company forecasts a 14.5% increase in production in 2005 in comparison with last year.
Sales rose from US$ 892 million between January and March 2004 to US$ 965 million in the same period this year. In the last twelve months, however, the growth was 24.8%. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Algeria were the main importers.
Mademóveis, established 29 years ago by Lebanese and Italian descendants in the city of Ubá, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, started exporting to Qatar last year. The first sale to the Arab market took place after the furniture was exhibited in international fairs. In partnership with other companies, the small industry has a showroom in the United Arab Emirates.
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday (31) that Brazil is about to enter its best phase in the external market. According to the president, the country is currently responsible for 1.12% of all products traded in the world. He recalled that in the seventies, Brazil’s share of the international
The information was disclosed today by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In 2003 the GDP was of US$ 598 billion. The per capita GDP in 2004 was of US$ 3,640.88.
