From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian cargo transport sector had a throughput of 455.57 million tonnes last year, according to figures supplied by the National Confederation of Transport. This volume represents an increase of 15.9% when compared to 2003. There are 56,000 cargo transport companies in Brazil, 80% medium and small, according to
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The aim is 50% bigger than the total of loans made by the bank last year. According to the planning director at the Brazilian Development Bank, Antonio Barros de Castro, the approved requests and the ones being analysed already cover 70% of the value. The demand, in his evaluation, represents the retaking of great projects, many of which, in the infrastructure sector.
The originality in the clothes is powering the entry of micro and small Brazilian textile factories in the foreign market. To escape competition with the Chinese factories, known for their low prices, the national confections bet on the segment of differentiated products, almost exclusive. In the list of companies that won foreign clients with this strategy are III Milenium, from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and Fhio de Linha, from southeastern Minas Gerais. Clothes emb
Submarine Tikuna was manufactured at the Navy Yard in Rio de Janeiro and is the fifth in its class to go into operation in the country. The first one was manufactured in Germany and the other ones in Brazil, through an agreement for technology transfer. Brazil, according to the Navy, is the only country in the Southern Hemisphere capable of building this kind of vessel.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Petrobras, Brazilian oil company, is interested in participating in the modernisation of the greatest oil refinery in Peru, PetroPeru. The project for the improvement of the Talara unit, in the North of the country, is to begin yet this year, according to an announcement made this Thursday (03) by
The investment plan was announced yesterday, during a meeting between Paulo Roberto Costa, the state-owned company supply director, and state governor Geraldo Alckmin. Just with the expansion of four refineries, the company is going to invest US$ 2.14 billion. It is estimated that around 100,000 jobs will be generated.
It was the first time this level was reached in the period of one year. According to the minister of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, the shipment of industrialized products had great influence in the performance. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated the result and established a new export target of US$ 150 billion.
The German government has authorized the mixture of 2% biodiesel into that derived from petroleum, and Brazil hopes to become the main supplier. A pilot project will take place in two cities, one in Brazil and the other in Germany, where official vehicles will be fuelled using alternative fuels.
