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NOVEMBER 2009
Brazil
Fact Sheet
November 2009
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BRAZIL FACT SHEET
NOVEMBER 2009
• National strategies for simplification of foreign trade and for the improvement of legal
environment are favoring the business community, increasing the security of the
productive sector and stimulating innovation and competitiveness;
• The Brazilian Innovation Law was enacted in 2005i;
• Over 150 (80 fully operational) technology transfer offices were created since then;
• SMEs are now granted fast track treatmentii;
• The National Network for the Simplification of Companies and Businesses Registration
– REDESIM was established in 2007;
• 20 thousand institutions have been engaged with REDESIM ever since;
• Opening a company can take as short as 2 days, depending on the city;
• The Innovate Project by Finep will invest US$ 180 million of venture capital, private
equity and seed capital from 2008 to 2010 in over 25 funds in order to foster SMEs
cycle of innovation from research to the market.
• The number of trademarks awarded by INPI increased 7 fold from 2006 to 2008;
• The National Council Against Piracy (CNCP) launched in August 2009 an extended
national plan to fight piracy in the country;
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BRAZIL FACT SHEET
NOVEMBER 2009
• The capital committed in VC funds in Brazil increased by more than 55% per year in the
last five years;
• From 2010, public companies and financial institutions will have to adopt the IFRS;
• Exponential growth of Brazilian companies in more advanced levels of corporate
governance;
• Brazil is ranked second in information to foreign investors in the World Bank’s “Global
Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2009”.
Market
Energy
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BRAZIL FACT SHEET
NOVEMBER 2009
• Since 1981, about 800 million tons of CO2 emissions were avoided thanks to ethanol
usage in the Brazilian energy mix;
• Renewables account for 45.3% of Brazil’s energy sources (world average: 12.7%);
• Hydroelectric power plants produce 73% of the electrical energy supply;
• The electric power grid is fully integrated over the country;
• A single regulatory agency (ANEEL) oversees the electric system in the whole country;
• The power grid is centrally managed by an independent system operator (ONS);
• 160 hydroelectric power plants operate in Brazil;
• 59 new hydroelectric power plants (28,600 MW capacity) are planned for construction;
• Brazil has the world record for deep water and ultra-deep oil production;
• Brazil is self-sufficient in oil production since 2007;
• Petrobras will invest US$ 175 billion from 2009 to 2013 in production, refineries and
pipelines;
• Petrobras is doubling the facilities of its R&D center (Cenpes) in Rio de Janeiro.
• Brazilian universities award 10,000 Ph.D. and 30,000 Master degrees a year;
• 60,000 new graduates a year in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and
Industrial), Computer Sciences, Telecommunications, Physics, Chemistry, Information
Systems and Industrial Design;
• 25,000 new professionals are trained in IT each year;
• 18 million people with university-level degrees in technical-scientific occupations;
• Brazil ranks 17th in the world ranking of relevant scientific production;
• 10 technology parks in operation, 45 being implemented;
• Over 400 incubators involving over 6000 innovative businesses;
• 2,800 incubated firms and 1,500 graduated firms;
• Brazil invested, in 2008, 1.13% of the country’s GDP on R&D;
• Brazil expects to invest 1.5% of its GDP in R&D by 2010;
• A national network for technological services is being implemented (SISBRATEC);
• A new national program (PRIME) fostered the creation of 2000 start-up companies;
• Since 2008, BNDES has increased its investments in innovation by 45%.
IT & Society
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BRAZIL FACT SHEET
NOVEMBER 2009
• 89% of Brazilian enterprises with 10 or more employees use electronic e-gov services;
• 28% of Brazilian households have computers (20% are connected to the Internet);
• The number of internet users increased over 270% in the last 5 years, representing
over 53 million users;
• Internet sales reached US$ 2.8 billion in the first semester of 2009, a 27% increase
compared to the same period in the previous year.
• The Brazilian economy is being affected on a much limited extent than other countries;
• Effects are being softened by the favorable economic conditions Brazil enjoyed before
the crisis;
• Automobiles sales went up by 3.72% in the first semester of 2009, in relation to 2008;
• Bovespa, Latin America’s largest stock exchange, had 2008’s largest value rise (70%),
showing the Brazilian market had the quickest reaction;
• Brazilian GDP is growing again – the growth forecast for 2009 is 1% and 5% for 2010;
• As of June 2009, income and total salaries grew 4.3% during crisis (variation accrued
along 12 months);
• Since January 2009, the number of people hired is larger than that of people fired;
• In September 2009, a total of 250,000 new jobs were created;
• International reserves are increasing and reached US$ 220 billion in September 2009;
• In September 2009, US$ 3.987 billion in foreign applications were invested in stock
options negotiated in Brazil;
• However, in October 2009 (until the 23th), this amount reached US$ 8.761 billion– the
largest in any month ever since 1947.
Social aspects
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NOVEMBER 2009
General figures
• 50% of South America’s population: the world’s fifth-most populous country, with
198,739,270 inhabitants (2009 estimate); projected population in 2025: 231,886,946
(2009 estimate);
• 50% of South America’s surface: 8,514,877 square Km;
• World’s largest biodiversity;
• 20% from the world’s total of species and 12% of the world’s fresh water;
• The world's tenth-largest economy in GDP terms: US$ 1.575 billion in 2008 (market
exchange rate);
• 67 airports that transported 113.2 million passengers and 1.2 million tons of cargo in
2008;
• 31,000 Km of railways (10th in the world in extension);
• 1.7 million km of roads (3th in the world in extension);
• Ports: 40 public and 45 private ports that transported 754.7 million tons of cargo in
2007 (a 68% increase from 2000);
• US$ 313 billion in public and private investments in roads, railroads and ports, until
2010.
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NOVEMBER 2009
Glossary
Sources:
ANEEL, ANPROTEC (The Brazilian Association of Science Parks and Business Incubators), APEX, BCB – Brazilian
Central Bank, Caderno Destaques da Indústria, GVcepe, MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy), Ministry of
Justice, FGV-RJ (Getúlio Vargas Foundation – Rio de Janeiro), GVcepe (Getúlio Vargas Foundation Research
Center on Venture Capital and Private Equity), Sobeet (Brazilian Society for the Research of Transnational
Companies and Economic Globalization), Unctad (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development),
Softex (Association for Promoting the Brazilian Software Excellence), Valor Econômico newspaper.
i
The Brazilian Innovation Law (“Lei da Inovação”, 10.973/2004) establishes measures to
promote innovation and scientific and technological research in the productive environment,
aimed at reaching technological autonomy and industrial development. Drafted with
contributions from the private sector and universities, the law improves the communication
between these two sectors. The law allows private companies to fund public institutions to
carry out research on their behalf, while university researchers can be compensated for their
work on these privately funded partnerships. The law also encourages the public and private
sectors to share staff, funding and facilities such as laboratories.
ii
This special treatment covers credit access, tax exemption and the simplification of
procedures for company registration, public procurement, technological innovation and access
to courts.
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