Capital: Brasília
Head of State and Head of Government: President Dilma Rousseff
Surface area: 8,515 thousand sq km
Official language: Portuguese
Population: 202.8 million (Census 2014)
Currency: Brazilian Real (R$)
Brazil's GDP 2010-2015a
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015a | |
| GDP (US$bn) (current prices) | $2,209.3 | $2,613.1 | $2,412 | $2,391 | $2,353 | $1,903.9 |
| GDP PPP (US$bn) | $2,803.9 | $2,973.9 | $3,080.6 | $3,212.3 | $3,263.8 | $3,259.1 |
| GDP per capita (US$) | $11,301 | $13,238 | $12,106 | $11,894 | $11,604 | $9,312 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | $14,342 | $15,065 | $15,462 | $15,979 | $16,096 | $15,941 |
| Real GDP Growth (% change yoy) | 7.6% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 0.1% | -1.0% |
Source: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Brazil Fact Sheet
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19th September, 2018
The executive from one of China’s biggest soybean crushers sat on a panel at a Kansas City agricultural exports conference, listening to an expert beside him explain why China would remain dependent on U.S. soybeans to feed its massive hog herds.
10th September, 2018
Brazilian farmers said they are seeking support to develop a soybean futures contract that would ease deals between Brazil, the world’s largest soy exporter, and top importer China at a time of heightened U.S.-China trade tensions.
16th August, 2018
A supply crunch and growing demand will keep copper on track for longer-term gains despite a trade war and emerging market tensions that are roiling prices, according to Australian producer OZ Minerals Ltd.
14th August, 2018
Last year, Brazilian farmer Gustavo Lopes sized up his sugarcane plantation against his soybean fields.
18th June, 2018
Miner Anglo American clinched hundreds of permits this month to explore for copper in a remote part of northern Brazil, Brazilian authorities said, as the growing electric vehicle market and a scarcity of shovel-ready mining projects fuels demand for the metal.
14th June, 2018
Amazon.com is recruiting major Brazilian cosmetics firms Grupo Boticário and Natura Cosméticos to sell via the logistics platform it is developing in Brazil, three people familiar with talks have said, making an early play for the world’s fourth-largest beauty market.
13th June, 2018
Retail sales in Brazil rose more than expected for a second straight month in April, allaying concerns over a slowdown early in the second quarter.
12th June 2018
Embraer SA jumped the most in two months as its proposed commercial-jet venture with Boeing Co. cleared a major hurdle.
11th June, 2018
B3 SA, the sole exchange operator in Brazil, plans to buy a share of Argentina’s national bourse, its chief executive officer said, in the company’s latest push across Latin America after taking minority ownership in exchanges from Mexico to Chile in recent years.
8th June, 2018
Brazil's government auctioned off three of the four pre-salt oil fields offered in the fourth round of bidding on yesterday (Thursday 7th June), collecting R$3.15 billion (US$ 807 million).