Importance of foreign trade grows in states with little export tradition
Of the eight units of the federation of Brazil that had less than US$ 100 million in foreign trade up to the end of last year, none had export growth below 20%. The state of Tocantins, in northern Brazil, for example, had a 157% increase in revenues with foreign sales in 2004, reaching a total of US$ 116 million. In the case of Rondônia, also in the north, exports reached US$ 133 million. Both are included in a Federal Government program created to elevate the participation of ten states in the
By Mark Ament
