Brazil:
• Is the world’s fifth largest market for mobile phones and personal computers.
• Is the world’s largest exporter of beef and of chicken, and the forth largest exporter of pork.
• Is the world’s second largest exporter of soy products (beans, meal and oil).
• Is the world’s largest exporter of sugar, and orange juice.
• Is the world’s fifth largest market, and sixth largest producer of motor vehicles.
• Is the world’s largest exporter and second largest producer of ethanol.
• Is the world’s second largest producer of iron and third largest of bauxite.
• Is the world leader in the production of eucalyptus pulp.
• Is the world’s eighth largest consumer market.
• Is the world’s third largest consumer market for cosmetics.
• Has the world’s fourth largest portfolio of chartered oil tankers.
• Has a land area of 8.5 million square kilometers.
• Has a population of 170 million and an economically active population of 90 million.
• Has an annual population growth of 2.5 million.
• Is the gateway to MERCOSUR.
• Shares borders with ten countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
• Stands in fifth place on the ranking of the world’s largest economies, since December 2009, according to the World Bank.
• Accounts for half of the economy of South America.
• Has the most diversified industrial base in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Is the world’s foremost producer of regional jets and fourth largest producer of commercial airliners.
• Is the world’s largest producer of coffee and oranges.
• Is, alongside India, a major producer of sugarcane.
• Has the largest forestry products industry in Latin America.
• Is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of raw and processed minerals.
• Has vast deposits of manganese, tin, and gold.
• Is one of the world’s major producers of biofuels.
• Stands seventeenth in the world ranking of oil reserves, and eleventh on the ranking of the largest oil producers.
• Has an extensive coastline with many ports.
• Is one of the world’s largest food producers.
• Has the world’s largest commercial cattle herd, with over 198 million head of beef cattle.
• Is the world’s second largest producer of organic foods.
• Is the world’s third largest producer of fruit.
• Is the third largest producer of genetically modified foods.
• Has one of the world’s most modern telecommunications systems.
• Has the most modern and advanced banking system in the world.
• Is an increasingly important producer of consumer durables, that are a major source of export earnings.
• Has a modern and competitive textile industry, accounting for 4.9% of total Brazilian industrial GDP.
• Has vast areas available for agricultural expansion, and the world’s largest expanses of agricultural land.
• Offers excellent tourism infrastructure.
• Receives over 5 million foreign tourists each year.
• Is the world’s third largest producer of footwear, and has a highly competitive leather industry.
• Is the world’s third largest producer of carbonated beverages.
• Has the world’s fifth largest rubber industry, and is the second largest market for retreaded tires.
• Has the world’s seventh largest chemical industry.
• Is the world’s eighth largest producer of steel (27 million tonnes per year).
• Has the world’s tenth largest pulp and paper industry.
• Is peaceful and multiracial.
• Respects immigrants and their creeds.
• Sustains a democratic regime.
• Sustains stable public institutions, as the Chamber of Deputies, the Federal Senate and the courts of law.
• Is free of conflicts, defends international law and promotes peace and progress among nations.
Key figures
Source: Ministry of External Relations.
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