News
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Brazil's corn, ethanol exports surge after U.S. drought -
05/11/2012
- The Wall Street Journal / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil's trade ministry said the country's exports of corn and ethanol rose in October as foreign buyers turned to Brazil after the worst drought in 50 years ravaged U.S. crops. Sugar and iron ore ex...Read more
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Brazil May Export 2.2 Billion Liters of Ethanol to U.S. in 2013 -
21/09/2012
- Bloomberg / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil may export about 2.2 billion liters (581 million gallons) of ethanol to the U.S. next year, up 30 percent from this year, to meet increasing demand for fuel made from sugar cane, according...Read more
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Brazil hikes import tariffs on 100 products; Critics call move too protectionist -
06/09/2012
- The The Washington Post / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil’s government has hiked import tariffs on 100 products to help protect domestic industry from foreign competitors. The move has increased worries the globe’s No. 6 economy will incr...Read more
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Brazil's Real Closes Stronger Vs Dollar In Rangebound Trade -
06/09/2012
- The Wall Street Journal / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil's real closed slightly stronger against the dollar Wednesday but kept comfortably within its range of recent weeks, as U.S. equities traded without much direction and little news stirred t...Read more
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Sugar Waiting At Brazil’s Ports Declined 6% In The Past Week -
23/08/2012
- Bloomberg / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
The amount of sugar waiting to be loaded at the main ports in Brazil, the largest producer, dropped 6 percent in the past week, according to data from shipping agency Williams Servicos Maritimos Ltda....Read more
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Brazil data show signs of recovery -
20/08/2012
- Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil’s economy is showing signs of potential recovery amid indications that growth in June was the strongest in 15 months. The central bank’s forward indicator for gross domestic produc...Read more
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Brazil Gains Business and Influence as It Offers Aid and Loans in Africa -
08/08/2012
- The new York Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
RIO DE JANEIRO — In Mozambique, Brazil’s government isopening a plant making antiretroviral drugs to fight the AIDS epidemic. Brazil is lending $150 million to Kenya to build roads and eas...Read more
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Harder Times Coming For Brazil, Says Bank For International Settlements -
25/06/2012
- Forbes / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil is not going to escape the onrushing collapse of the developed economies, warns the Central Bank of Central Banks, known as the Bank for International Settlements. In its 214 page annual...Read more
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Recovering Chile salmon industry bets on Brazil -
31/05/2012
- Reuters / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
World No. 2 salmon producer Chile is betting on booming Brazilian appetite to boost its key fishing industry as it bounces back from a virus that decimated stocks a few years ago, leading industry gro...Read more
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Argentina's Exporters See Brazil Growth As Key to Prosperity -
30/05/2012
- The Wall Street Journal / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
The rapid depreciation of Brazil's currency in recent months is hardly welcome news for Argentine exporters struggling with soaring costs at home, but the worsening outlook for the Brazilian economy i...Read more