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3 HUGE DOMESTIC MARKET 5 ENERGY POWERHOUSE 7 WORLD-CLASS WORKFORCE 9 AGRICULTURAL

POWERHOUSE
? Brazil has one of the largest consumer ? Brazil is home to the world’s 10 -largest ? Brazil’s demographic dividend: the vast
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markets in the world, with over 201 million petroleum reserves and the largest oil majority of the population falls within the
inhabitants, and it is growing fast. It is due discovery made in the Western Hemisphere economically active range, with a positive ? Among the world’s top producers and
to become the fourth-largest economy in the past 30 years with the pre-salt deep- demographic trend until at least 2020. exporters of sugar, ethanol biofuel, orange
in the world by 2050 according to PwC. water oil finds off Brazil’s southeast coast. juice, coffee, soybeans, beef, poultry,
? Young, dynamic workforce, supported by pork, tobacco and forest products.
? 40 million new consumers have joined ? Largest exporter and 2 -largest government professional training programs
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a burgeoning middle class since 2003, producer of ethanol biofuel in the world. that can be implemented in partnership ? New agricultural frontiers being
driving growth across a variety of sectors. with businesses. opened up for agricultural development,
? World’s largest river basin and home putting Brazil at the cutting edge of
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? Brazil is currently the world’s 3 -largest to 12% of the planet’s surface water, with innovation, research and development
market for beauty and healthcare products; hydroelectric power supplying 73% of 8 MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE in agricultural techniques, technologies
3 -largest for PCs; 4 -largest for mobile Brazil’s energy needs. and productivity gains.
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phones, automobiles and TVs; and 5 - PROJECTS
largest for medical equipment. ? Sustainable agriculture: Brazil has the
6 INNOVATION HOTBED ? Brazil is making unprecedented lowest carbon emissions among the world’s
largest agricultural players.
4 A GLOBAL PLAYER ? Relevant player in research, investments in infrastructure under
the Accelerated Growth Program and
development and innovation. the Logistics Investment Program. 10 GATEWAY TO LATIN
? The ‘B’ in BRICS – a global growth
engine for today and tomorrow. ? $15 billion in credit and grants ? The pipeline of investment projects AMERICA
to support innovative projects by includes 10,000km of new railways,
? Brazil is home to a competitive companies will be invested by 2014 7,500km of highways to be widened and
industrial sector. A series of market under the Inova Empresa program. extended, development of 270 regional ? Brazil’s largest cities are consolidating
reforms, including steadily declining airports, new urban mobility projects their position as global investment
interest rates, lower electricity costs, ? Science Without Borders program will for Brazil’s medium and large cities, headquarters not only for Brazil, but
improved access to financing, a reduced send 100,000 of the best and brightest new, efficient and integrated ports, for the entire Latin American region.
tax burden on companies and reduced Brazilian students overseas to pursue the development of 4 international
logistics costs through unprecedented graduate studies and research projects at airports, new electricity transmission ? Brazil is a member of the South
infrastructure investment programs the world’s best universities to bring new lines and hydroelectric power plants. American Common Market (Mercosur)
have strengthened industry. talent to Brazil when they return. and is connected to all countries in South
? The new projects will reduce costs for America by free trade agreements.
? Brazil is home to Latin America’s largest business and generate related business
aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, mining, activities in the transportation and logistics
capital goods, medical equipment and segment.
chemical industries.

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