Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – In January, the real average income of workers in the six main metropolitan regions of Brazil that are studied by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) grew 2.2% when compared to December, reaching US$ 352.44, at current exchange rates. In comparison to January 2004, income grew the
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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
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is going to finance the export of goods and services by construction company Norberto Odebrecht and Confab. The project forecasts installation of over 500 kilometres of pipes for a daily expansion of approximately 2.9 million cubic metres in the natural gas transport capacity of Gás Del Sur company.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Petrobras, Brazilian oil company, in partnership with the Ultra group, will start building next year the petrochemical hub in the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to information from the website of the newspaper O Globo, US$ 3.5 billion will be invested in the undertaking, which should start its
Imports added up to US$ 8.4 billion until last week, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 4.2 billion.
The company from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina is going to ship, in March, a total of 190,000 products, among them plates and soup bowls. The value is estimated at US$ 115,000. The company, which already sells to Lebanon, also wants to enter the markets in Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait.
With an eye on the increase in demand for clean fuels, in the next five years the company will invest in infrastructure projects, among them the construction of alcohol pipelines and cargo terminals. All undertakings will be made in the state of São Paulo, which answers to the greatest part of the production in the country.
The investment will be of US$ 2.5 billion for the installation of the unit, which should start its operations in 2010, and produce 200,000 barrels per day. The choice for the industrial and port complex of Suape, in the south coast of the northeastern state of Pernambuco, was the end of a nearly 2-year long dispute between 10 Brazilian states contesting to be the headquarter of the new undertaking.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The General Register of Employment and Unemployment discovered that 115,972 new jobs were created in Brazil in January, in comparison with December, 2004. This is the best result ever for the month of January. Over the past 12 months, according to the Caged, 1.539 million new job positions were generated, representing
There was 1.9% growth in the number of people employed in comparison to 2003. In the last quarter of the year, the growth registered was 4.3% and in December, 4.4%. In December, the sectors that most contributed to this performance were those of food and beverages, machinery and equipment, and transport means. São Paulo was the state that presented the best figures in the month.
Company Comil received an order for 514 busses from Qatar. It is the greatest sale made by the company to one client. The vehicles will be delivered in two lots on the months of June and August. This year, the countries in the Middle East and North Africa should answer to 50% of the company’s exports, which are estimated at 1,200 bus bodies against the 799 units exported in 2004.
