Statistics and GDP info, Exports, imports and total production data

2.  Total Area - 8,512.000km
 Coastline - 7,491km
 Population - 198 Million
 Workforce - 100 Million
 Life Expectancy - 74 years
 Unemployment - 9%
 Industrial Growth - 4.9%
 Inflation Rate - 4.55%

3.  GDP purchasing power parity $1.849 trillion
 GDP official exchange rate $1.314 trillion
 GDP ‐ real growth rate: 5.4%
 GDP ‐ per capita (PPP): $9,500
 Exports 2007 $ 160.6 Billion
 Imports 2007 $ 120.6 Billion
 Budget Expenses $220 Billion
 Budget Revenues $244 Billion

4.  1. Oil‐ Petroleum products
 2. Coffee
 3. Steel and Infrastructure
 4. Gold
 5. Wheat
 6. Soya
 7. Orange Juice

5. Timber ‐ Rubber – Coffee – Gold – Iron Ore
Petroleum – Nickel – Silver – Bio Diesel – Ethanol
Sugar – Soya Beans – Steel ‐ Wheat ‐ Beef –
Orange Juice ‐ Chemicals –Avia]on ‐ Cement ‐

6. “An]cipated higher output in Brazil is
expected to push up the world coffee
produc]on to 127 million bags (60‐kg
per bag) in the crop year 2008‐09 from
around 117 million bags a year ago,
according to a revised es]ma]on by the
Interna]onal Coffee Organiza]on (ICO).”

7.  Crude oil … US$2.8 billion
(10.6% of Brazil to U.S. exports, up 77.2% from 2005)
 Steelmaking materials … $1.45 billion
 (5.5%, down 0.3%)
 Semi‐finished iron & steel products … $1.38 billion
(5.2%, up 9.4%)
 Industrial organic chemicals … $1.16 billion (4.4%, up
236.4%)
 Fully built civilian aircraT … $1.16 billion (4.4%, down
34.7%)
 Engines & engine parts … $1.07 billion (4.0%, up
25.6%)

8.  According to es]mates by the Brazilian Iron and
Steel Sector Associa]on (IBS) Brazil's steel
produc]on this year should total 34 million tons,
which should correspond to an increase of 9.9%
compared with last year.
 Domes]c sales should grow 18% over last year, to
reach 20.6 million tons, whereas apparent
consump]on should record a 19.7% increase,
totaling 22.1 million tons.

9.  Crude oil … US$2.8 billion
(10.6% of Brazil to U.S. exports, up 77.2% from 2005)
 Steelmaking materials … $1.45 billion
 (5.5%, down 0.3%)
 Semi‐finished iron & steel products … $1.38 billion (5.2%,
up 9.4%)
 Industrial organic chemicals … $1.16 billion (4.4%, up
236.4%)
 Fully built civilian aircraT … $1.16 billion (4.4%, down
34.7%)
 Engines & engine parts … $1.07 billion (4.0%, up 25.6%)

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