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Brazil is the strongest
economy in the Latin America. The main industries are
ship-building, motor vehicles, metals - including steel,
alloys and aluminum, - food stuffs, petrochemicals,
textiles footwear, pharmaceutical products, telecommunications,
actually Brazil produce equipment and technology for
most industrial needs. All multinational companies in
the world has a factory or at least a representation
in the country. The government has opened the economy
to the world, by allowing all kind of import and export,
but the import tax is still very high which moderate
the flow of import.
Brazil is still the largest
producer of coffee, but is now challenged by others
such as Soya beans. Sugar, cotton, cocoa and maize
are also major corps with sizeable shares of the world's
markets. Cattle raising is also substantial in the
south of Brazil. There is in principle all types of
mineral ores in the country, and the major deposits
are; iron ore, manganese , bauxite, copper, phosphates
and potassium. According to some estimates, the nation's
reserves of iron ore are sufficient to supply the
world's steel mills for about 800 years.
About small business
- The workers' conditions in Brazil are behind the
European and North American. The Brazilian law limits
one employee to work max 44 hours per week and the
minimum salary, what many people has, is about US$100
per month. In general, at least in São Paulo where
the jobs are, people work more than 44 hours. People
start to work about nine o'clock and end six o'clock,
but go past six many times. Public services, post
offices etc open 9:00 and close 18:00, Mondays to
Fridays, and Saturdays and Sundays are most of them
closed. Banks are open just between 10:00 and 16:00
weekdays. To find more information that's actual about
trade, GDP, inflation, unemployment, etc you may enter
one of the Chamber of Commerce's homepages.
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