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Contents: Back to Americas
- Introduction to Brazil.
- Economic Outlook.
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Economic policies. European Union and Brazil
- Foreign Trade of Brazil
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in Brazil.
- Setting up Business in Brazil
- Foreign Capital: Legal aspects
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Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Summary:
Ranking fifth among the world’s most populated countries, the population
of Brazil amounts to 50 million families or approximately 180 million
inhabitants, the majority - 81% - in urban areas. The land area of
Brazil extends over 8.5 million square kilometers, occupying just under half
(47%) of the area of Latin America. The country possesses 20% of the entire
world’s biodiversity; an example of this natural wealth is the Amazon
Rainforest, with 3.6 million square kilometers.
Brazil accounts for three fifths of the South American economy’s
industrial production and integrates various economic groups, such as Mercosur, G-22 and the Cairns Group. The country’s scientific and
technological development, together with a dynamic and diversified
industrial sector, is attractive to foreign enterprise: direct investment
was in the region of US$ 20 billion /year on average, compared to US$ 2
billion/year last decade.
Brazil trades regularly with over one hundred nations, with 74% of
exports represented by manufactured or semimanufactured goods. Its main
partners are: the European Union (representing 26% of the balance), the US (24%), Mercosur and Latin America (21%) and
Asia (12%).
One of the most dynamic
sectors in this trade scenery is the so-called “agrobusiness” sector, which
for two decades has kept Brazil amongst the most highly productive countries
in areas related to the rural sector. Agriculture (agribusiness) accounts for
34% of Brazil’s GDP, 37% of all jobs nationwide and represents 43% of
national exports, making it the only sector, among all the export sectors in
the country, to produce a surplus.
The owner of a sophisticated technological sector, Brazil develops
projects that range from submarines to aircraft and is involved in space
research: the country possesses a Launching Center for Light Vehicles and
was the only country in the Southern Hemisphere to integrate the team
responsible for the construction of the International Space Station-the ISS.
A pioneer in the field of deep water oil research, from where 73% of its
reserves are extracted, Brazil was the first capitalist country to bring
together the ten largest car assembly companies inside its national
territory.
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