From US$ 26 billion in the first half of 2010, the volume of Brazilian acquisitions of companies abroad dropped to US$ 7.6 billion this year. The crisis may revert these figures.
The company should invest US$ 120 million in a food processing unit. The forecast is for the installations to start operating in late 2012 and to have a production capacity of 80,000 units a year.
The amount of foreign currency in store reached an all-time high this week, according to the Central Bank.
The capital of the state of Paraná boasts the qualities of a metropolis without the problems of big cities and proves to be a great place to rest.
Brazil exported the equivalent of US$ 669 million in July, a 3.8% increase over the same month of last year. The volume shipped, however, dropped by 13.8% and totalled 320,800 tonnes.
The Economic Research Institute shows that depreciation of currencies like the US and Chinese cancel tariffs negotiated at the WTO and favour exports of these nations, harming others’, like Brazil’s.
Plants from northern Brazil are the raw material for a costume jewellery producer from Minas Gerais. Products by Mosaicos Inajá are sold to Germany, the United States, England, Italy and Portugal.
The rate of employment in the Brazilian industrial segment declined in June when compared with May, after three months of stability.
The Brazilian Beef Exporters Association will promote a campaign to disseminate a positive image of Brazilian animal husbandry overseas. Promotion will be made at events and in the foreign press.
Researchers at the São Paulo State University (Unesp) in the city of are sequencing the genes of Nelore cattle. Now, cattle farmers will be able to buy breeder with the desired characteristics.
A communiqué issued after the meeting between the Syrian government and envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa shows that the Syrian president accepts that errors were made by security forces.
The surplus represents the difference between the inflow and outflow of currency in the Brazilian economy in the first five days of August.
The company’s foreign sales in the first half of the year totalled US$ 130 million. Purchases from the African, Latin and North American markets weighed in the performance.
Economists say that Brazil is prepared to face the heat, but should find it harder to place products on the foreign market. The country may also lose with lower commodity prices.
