Brazil was the 20th largest importer representing 1.3% of world total imports; and the 25th largest exporter
74% of the export products are manufactures or semi-manufactures
Brazil is the second-largest iron and concentrates exporter, one of the leading aluminum
producers
Brazil has advanced cars, aircraft, steel, textile and clothing, pharmaceutical and chemical products
industries
The largest world orange coffee, and sugar cane producer
It is the third country of the global soft drinks production
Brazilian textile industry is the responsible for 4.9% of the total GDP of the Brazilian industry
Third largest shoe producer
Brazil ranks 17th in the World Ranking of petroleum reserves and occupies the eleventh position among the largest producers in the World
Brazilian rankings. Brazil is...
World's fifth largest market for mobile phones and PC
One of the largest food producers in the World
The largest beef and chicken exporter, and the fourth-largest pork exporter in the World
World's second-largest soy products (beans, meal, and petrol)
exporter
World's largest sugar and orange juice exporter
World's largest coffee and oranges manufacturer
The largest sugar-cane manufacturer
Has the world's largest commercial cattle herd
World's second largest organic foods manufacturer
World's third largest carbonated beverages manufacturer
World's third largest fruit manufacturer
Third largest genetically modified foods manufacturer
Has huge areas available for agricultural growth
Has the biggest forestry products industry in Hispanic America (Iberian America)
The World leader in eucalyptus pulp production
World's fifth-largest market, and the sixth largest motor vehicles
manufacturer
The Leading regional jet manufacturer in the World and the fourth largest commercial airliners
manufacturer
Has the fourth largest chartered oil tankers portfolio in the World
One of the World's largest biofuel producers. Stands seventeenth in the World ranking of petroleum reserve, and the eleventh on the ranking of the largest petrol producers
World's third largest consumer market for cosmetics
One of the World's biggest raw and processed minerals producer and exporter
An increasingly important consumer durables manufacturer
Has a modern and competitive textile industry
Receives 5 million of foreign tourists each year
World's third largest footwear manufacturer, and has a greatly competitive leather
industry
Has the world's fifth-biggest rubber industry, and is the second largest market for retreaded tires
Seventh biggest chemical industry in the World
Eighth largest steel manufacturer
Global largest exporter and the second largest ethanol manufacturer
Global second largest iron manufacturer and third biggest of bauxite
Has huge manganese, tin, and gold deposits
Has the world's tenth biggest pulp and paper industry
Has an extensive coastline with many ports
Has one most modern telecommunications systems in the World
Brazilian Regions.
Brazil has twenty-six States and one Federal District, placed in five regions.
Central-West Region: Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, and the Federal district
Northeast Region: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, and Bahía
North Region: Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia, Pará, Amapá, and Tocantins
South-east region: Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
South Region: Parana, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian States by GDP in R $ Thousands São Paulo: 1.084.353.000 Rio de Janeiro: 353.878.000 Minas Gerais: 287.055.000 Rio Grande do Sul: 215.864.000
Paraná: 189.992.000 Bahia: 137.075.000
Federal district: 131.487.000 Santa Catarina: 129.806.000
Goiás: 85.615.000
Pernambuco: 78.428.000 Espírito Santo: 66.763.000
Ceará: 65.704.000
Pará: 58.402.000
Mato Grosso: 57.294.000
Amazonas: 49.614.000
Maranhão: 39.855.000
Mato Grosso do Sul: 36.368.000
Paraíba: 28.719.000
Rio Grande do Norte: 27.905.000
Alagoas: 21.235.000
Rondônia: 20.236.000
Sergipe: 19.767.000
Piauí: 19.033.000
Tocantins: 14.571.000
Amapá: 7.404.000
Acre: 7.386.000
Roraima: 5.593.000
Source: IBGE.
Distribution and sales representation are, in most cases, cost saving when compared to the incorporation of a local branch or affiliated company. However, these alternatives may bring a lack of control to the foreign investors over the way the third parties distribute or sell their products in Brazil and deal with their Trademarks.
International Paper Co.
International Paper was formed in 1898 and, with Union Camp (1999) and Champion International (2000); it is the largest company of paper and forest products in the World. The administration world is placed in the United States, in Stamford, CT. The company has operations in fifty countries in the American continents, Europe, and Asia, and exports to 130 countries.
GERDAU
Gerdau Group occupies the position of the largest long steel manufacturer in the Americas, with steel plants distributed in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Uruguay. Today, reaches a total installed capacity of 14.4 million tones of steel a year. Gerdau Group
keeps a presence in the international market exporting high
products and special common to all continents. For Gerdau Group, is an international, world-class, not just be present in a wide geography.
NATURA.
Natura Company was born in Brazil and bears the mark as proud and legitimate expression of their origin, but their engagement is greater with the human being, with the welfare and the individual and society, anywhere. So, go in search
for new crops, bringing his vision of the World, exchange experiences, learn, create new roots and relations is part of its history.
Sources: Brazilian Government. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.