Exports came out to USD 3.86 billion and imports hit USD 1.97 billion in the first week of January in Brazil.
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The United States currency slid 1.04% this Friday to end the week at BRL 3.71.
The Producer Price Index (IPP) fell 1.54% in November 2018, the highest negative change since January 2014.
The Arab country’s Food Security official Mariam Bint Mohammed Almheiri visited Embrapa in Brasília. She also had meetings with Brazil’s Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina and foreign minister Ernesto Araújo.
More than 2.5 million new cars, light commercial vehicles, buses and trucks were sold in Brazil over last year.
Volume produced was equivalent to 3.274 million barrels of oil per day. The decline was due to stoppages for maintenance in the three platforms.
Brazilian foreign sales declined 5% in comparison with 2017. Results of the second half compensated part of the loss and the sector is expecting growth for 2019.
The US currency declined 1.7% at the first working day of the new Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s administration. Ibovespa surpassed 91 thousand points for the first time.
Foreign sales from Brazil reached USD 239.5 billion in 2018, a 9.6% increase over 2017. Imports grew 19.7%, reaching USD 181.2 billion. The balance stood at USD 58.3 billion positive, the second highest value.
An index from Brazilian think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas climbed for the third time back-to-back in December, by 1 point to 95.9.
Sales of the duty-free shops in the Emirates airports grew 4.3% over last year.
Brazilian companies looking to promote their products abroad in 2019 can enroll for five different fairs and missions.
The organization’s chairman Rubens Hannun traveled to the Arab country for meetings with authorities and private sector players.
Summing all up, Brazilian federation, states and cities showed a primary deficit in November according to Central Bank.

