Credits of the Subject “Business, Trade and Transport in São Paulo - Brazil”: 2
Duration: two weeks
São Paulo (South America) is the Brazilian state with the largest population (42 million people, 22% of the Brazilian population), industrial complex, and highest economic production in Brazil.
The main sectors of the economy of São Paulo are information technology, chemical, aerospace, automotive, agribusiness, footwear, communication equipment, and metal sector
The State of
São Paulo is the greatest services pole in Brazil (43% of the Brazilian services sector
revenues)
São Paulo concentrated 38% of the manufacturing cost in Brazil
Top export products: sugar, airplanes, cars, alcohol, beef, orange juice and cellular telephones
89% of São Paulo's
exported products was industrialized and exported to the MERCOSUR (19%), the EU (17%), the Latin-American Integration Association (ALADI, except MERCOSUR (16%)), Asia, excluding the Middle East (12%), and the U.S., including Puerto Rico (10%)
The Port of Santos (São Paulo) is the largest seaport in Hispanic America (72 million tones)
The São Paulo's Agency for International Promotion of Investments and Competitiveness was created by the Government of the State of São Paulo with the objective of attracting the Foreign direct investment to São Paulo
Business in São Paulo Brazil:
São Paulo - Brazil:
3% of the area of Brazil
43% of petroleum refining capacity in Brazil
22% of natural gas consumption
58% of alcohol production
96% of the Brazilian aeronautics production
47% of motor vehicles manufacturing
70% of pharmaceutical industry production
77% of orange production
BM&F Bovespa S.A. - one of the largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the World
30% of the Brazilian credit operations
Land Rover no Brazil.
With a factory in Brazil since 1998, Land Rover already marketed in Brazil near 5,000 vehicles of the models Defender, Discovery and Range Rover. In 2000, the American company Ford Motor Company bought the Land Rover division of the German BMW.
Joseph Safra
AMBEV
AmBev is the largest beverage company in Hispanic America and the fifth-largest drink company in the World. This position of Leadership makes the Brazilian product can compete with giants in the industry, generating foreign currencies for Brazil and a recognition of excellence of the Brazilian production. AmBev, Companhia Bebidas America, was created in 1999 from the merger of Brahma and Antarctica, the second largest breweries in Brazil.
EMBRAER
Embraer is the fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the World, a position achieved thanks to the excellence of its products and the high-end segment in aerospace. With over thirty years of experience in design, manufacturing, marketing and after-sales, the company has already delivered some 5,500 aircraft, which are in operation in different parts in the World.