minas gerais - your trade partner in brazil
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Minas Geraisyour trade partner in Brazil
Minas Gerais State GovernmentEconomic Development SecretariatInternational Affairs Subsecretariat
Exportaminas Center
Territory of continental dimensionsFifth largest country in the world
193 million inhabitants (2008 est.)
GDP approximately USD 1.31 trillion (2007)
GDP nearly USD 1.61 trillion (2008 est.)
GDP roughly USD 1.48 trillion (2009 est.)Source: Wikipedia, based on IMF data. 2010
BRAZIL
20 million (2009 estimate)
Belo Horizonte – 2.45 million (2009 est.)Greater Metropolitan area – 4.9 million
GDP: US$ 46.8 billion (2003)US$ 125.3 billion (2009 est.)Source - Fundação João Pinheiro
8.5% of Brazil’s GDP
2006: + 3,7%2007: + 4,8%2008: + 6,3%2009: - 2,9%
Source: IBGE, MDIC/SECEX
Minas Gerais
Brazil
France
Sweden
Spain
South America
* Belo Horizonte – State Capital
Belo Horizonte
Population:
Capital:
Economy:
Minas Gerais main figures
Source: Central Exportaminas – Panorama do Comércio Exterior de Minas Gerais - 2010
Values in Millions of US$
6.7
12
6.0
60
6.3
53
7.4
40 1
0.0
07 1
3.5
15
15
.65
8 18
.35
5
24
.41
2
19
.51
9
2.7
79
3.0
01
2.5
15
2.4
32
2.9
87
3.9
36
4.8
59
6.5
05
10
.48
3
7.3
50
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Exports
Imports
Balance of MG International Trade
Long tradition in agricultural exhibition
Trade Shows
World’s largest niobium producer
Brazil’s largest iron ore producer and exporter
Largest pig iron hub in the country
• Iron ore
• Niobium
• Pig iron
• Nickel
• Manganese
• Copper
• Bauxite
• Coal
• Cobalt
• Platinum
• Aluminum
Mining
37% of Brazilian raw steel production
Brazil’s leading flat steel company
MG has five of Brazil’s largest steel plants
Source: INDI 2007
Steel
Brazilian jewelry exports reached US$ 1.3 billion in 2006
Minas Gerais – leads national exports with excellence in design:
MG Gemstone Association - AJOMIG Jewelry company - Talento
63% exports of gold bars, gold strings and gold sheet 43% exports of colored gems 72% production of diamonds
Source: IBGM 2006
Gems and Jewelry
ETHANOL SUGAR 56 New units will be installed until 2013
3nd largest national producer in 2008/20009
20% of the production being exported
681 thousand hectares under cultivation (2009)
70% of the production – 54 million tones - beingexported
“Coruripe S/A” – a modern sugar cane plant in the Triângulo Region
Source: SEAPA/ CONAB (April 2009) Siamig/Sindaçúcar-MG (2008)
Source: SEAPA/CONAB , Apr 2009)
The largest irrigated area in Latin America for fruit, vegetable and ethanol production
Extensive variety of tropical fruits – banana, lime, mango, pineapple, others
Larger producer of vegetable seeds
Over 60 different types of fruit are grown in the Jaíba region
Jaíba Project
Brazil’s largest coffee producer
2007/08 : 1.41 million tonnes, or 48.6% of Brazilian production
Source: SEAPA
74% of Brazil’s coffee exports in 2007
63,6% of Brazil´s coffee exports in 2008
COFFEE
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High level of workforce graduating from specialized institutions and local universities.
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America is located in Belo Horizonte
Technological park
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IT
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