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Economy Feb, 03, 2020 0

Brazil registers worst trade balance in five years

January 2020 saw Brazil register total foreign trade at US$ 30.6 billion. According to trade balance data released on Monday (02/03) by the Ministry of Economy’s Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex),…
Economy Jan, 28, 2020 0

Brazil’s trade balance registers deficit for fourth week of January

According to data released by Secex (Secretariat of Foreign Trade), in the fourth week of January 2020 the trade balance registered a US$561 million deficit, with the total amount traded…
Economy Jan, 26, 2020 0

Brazil’s Inland Revenue modernizes transit cargo instructions

Brazil’s Inland Revenue division has announced some measures that will improve customs procedures for cargoes in transit within Brazil. For example, cargoes moving from a sea port to a ‘dry’…
Economy Jan, 23, 2020 0

Brazil’s chemical trade deficit increases 6.6% in 2019 to US$31.5 billion

According to Abiquim, the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association, Brazil imported US$44.1 billion in chemical products last year, equivalent to 47.6 million tons.  This is a 2% year-on-year increase in value…
Economy Jan, 15, 2020 0

US recommends Brazil for full OECD membership

The United States (US) government said yesterday (14/01) that it intends to appoint Brazil as the next country to join as a full member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation…
rise in container prices
Economy Jan, 14, 2020 0

Brazil registers US $ 6.902 billion foreign trade in second week of January

Brazil’s trade balance registered a surplus of US $ 14 million and total trade of US $ 6.902 billion in the second week of January 2020, as a result of…
Other Logistics Dec, 13, 2019 0

Amazon industry expects investments of 150m to improve cargo flow and input receipt

The Manaus Industry recorded a significant result of 6.1% growth in October compared to the same period of 2018. In the last 12 months it accounted for the increase of…
Economy Dec, 04, 2019 0

Industrial output continues to grow in October

Brazilian industry production grew 0.8% in October, compared to the previous month, driven mainly by food and pharmaceutical products, according to the Monthly Industrial Survey, released today (12/04) by IBGE.…
Economy Dec, 02, 2019 0

Trade balance closes November with lowest surplus since 2015

The fall in the price of several international products and the reduction in the shipment of some items made the trade balance (difference between exports and imports) close November with…
China autoriza compra de soja americana - China buys american soybean
Grains Oct, 11, 2019 0

Rural credit contracts in the first three months of the 2019/2020 crop total R$59bn

The amount contracted for brazilian rural credit operations in the first three months of the 2019/2020 crop (July to September) was R$59bn, up 3% compared to the previous crop (2018/2019).…