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- Brazil
With a population of over 184 million people, Brazil has one of the principal economies in the world, occupying the 12th position in world economic ranking with a GNP reaching 605 billion dollars annually, according to research made by GRC Visão consultants.
By the end of 2005, Brazilian productivity will have reached record numbers, with a commercial trade surplus from exports in excess of 112 billion dollars. This arose from the growing volume of requests from the international market for essential products, showing that the country’s internal growth stems from manufacturing (machines and industrial equipment) and agriculture, both of which account for the growth in exports.
Investment in the country should remain 30% higher than expected, which was 300 billion dollars projected for the beginning of this year. This number should end up at about 390 billion dollars in investments.
- Brazil possesses half the population and half the territory of South America;
- Brazilian GNP is equal to half the combined sum of the other countries of Latin America.
Brazil by the numbers:
- Largest exporter of coffee, orange juice, sugar, ethanol, soybeans, beef and chicken;
- Largest producer and exporter of iron ore;
- 1º in the production of sugar cane
- 2º largest producer of resin
- 2º largest producer of soybeans;
- 4o largest fleet of helicopters in the world;
- 3o producer of televisions;
- 4o largest maker of airplanes;
- 5o largest manufacturer of machines and equipment;
- 6o largest producer of cosmetics, with sales of 9 billion dollars annually;
- 8o largest producer of steel and software;
- 9o largest assembler of automobiles, with more than 30 million vehicles in circulation;
- 10o largest consumer of machines and equipment in the world;
- Home to 44 of the 50 largest multinationals and 225 of the 500 largest Latin-American companies;
- Approximately 170,000km of asphalt roads;
- 42,000km of railway lines;
- 44 national ports: 6 in the North, 13 in the Northeast, 13 in the Southeast, 10 in the South and 2 in the Midwest. According to data from the Maritime Ministry, there are more than 62,000 workers employed in the sector;
- Inflation predicted to be 5.0% in 2006;
- 1.5 billion dollars in profit from foreign trade (as estimated by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade);
- Exchange reserves of 96.5 billion dollars;
- More than 7,1 thousand companies certified by the National Institute of Measurements, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO);
- More than 95% of children aged 7 to 14 enrolled in school;
- 5,561 municipalities.
The City of São Paulo
One of the principal centers of business in Latin America
The capital of São Paulo State, the engine of the Brazilian economy, it is the great thermometer measuring the growth of the country, generating, on average, 50,000 jobs a month in its strong industrial sector and its modern, well-equipped service network.
Besides the economic factor, the largest metropolis in Latin America stands out for it culinary excellence, with more than 12,000 restaurants representing 46 different types of food – a wide cultural expanse for holding large business fairs.
The city hosts 92,000 events each year, an impressive average of one event each 12 minutes. Of the 170 large fairs held in the country, about 140 are realized in the city, each one generating an average of 5,000 direct and indirect jobs and stimulating 55 different sectors of the economy.
About 1.5 million people pass through São Paulo’s airports each year, a great majority of whom arrive in the city as business tourists.Travel with safety and economy, visit: www.programabemvindo.com.br |
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