The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ bank prime lending rate:

      43.72% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $131.1 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $792.8 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $1.377 trillion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef

      Industries:

      textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment

      Industrial production growth rate:

      4.9% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      437.3 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      402.2 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      2.034 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      40.47 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 8.3% hydro: 82.7% nuclear: 4.4% other: 4.6% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      2.277 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      2.372 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      481,100 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      648,800 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      12.18 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      9.8 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      19.8 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      10 billion cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      347.7 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      $1.712 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $160.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos

      Exports - partners:

      US 16.1%, Argentina 9.2%, China 6.8%, Netherlands 5.6%, Germany 4.6% (2007)

      Imports:

      $120.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics

      Imports - partners:

      US 15.7%, China 10.5%, Argentina 8.6%, Germany 7.2%, Nigeria 4.4% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $191.9 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $180.3 billion (31 December 2007)

      Debt - external:

      $229.4 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $248.9 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $107.1 billion (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $711.1 billion (2006)

      Currency (code):

      real (BRL)

      Currency code:

      BRL

      Exchange rates:

      reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.85 (2007 est.), 2.1761 (2006), 2.4344 (2005), 2.9251 (2004), 3.0771 (2003)

      Communications

       Brazil

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      39.4 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      120.98 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: good working system; fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile cellular technology is a major driver in expanding telephone service to the low-income segment of the population with mobile-cellular telephone density reaching nearly 65 per 100 persons domestic: extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide direct links to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999)

      Radios:

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