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- Arts & Culture
/ Country Profile
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Official Name
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The Federative Republic of Brazil
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Head of State
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Capital
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Brasília
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Major Cities
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São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte
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Land Area
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8.5 million km2
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Climate
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Tropical
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Official Language
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Portuguese
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Population
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178.4 million (2003; UN)
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Religion
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Roman Catholic
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Currency
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The Real (divided into 100 centavos)
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Exchange Rate
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US$1= R$2.96 (as at April 2004)
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GDP
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US$ 700 billion (est. for 2002)
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GDP Growth Rate
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3% (2000); 1.5% (2001)
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GDP Per Capita Income
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US$ 4,000 (2001)
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Total Exports(FOB)
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US$ 60.36 billion (2002)
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Main Exports
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- Aircraft
- Iron ore
- Soya bean grains & its by products
- Motor vehicles
- Transmission apparatus
- Footwear
- Paper and Cellulose
- Coffee
- Autoparts
- Auto engines
- Orange juice
- Meat & edible meat offal
- Tobacco
- Steel and aluminium products
- Sugar
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Main Destination of Exports
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- USA
- China
- the Netherlands
- Argentina
- Germany
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Total Imports (FOB)
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US$47.23 billion (2003)
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Main Imports
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- Electrical machinery & equipment & parts
- Nuclear reactor, boilers, machinery & mechanical appliances
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
- Vehicles, parts & accessories
- Plastics and articles thereof
- Optical, photographic, medical & surgical instruments, parts & accessories
- Pharmaceutical products
- Fertilizers
- Cereals (wheat)
- Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof
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Origin of Imports
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USA (23.1%)
Argentina (12.3%)
Germany (7.92%)
Japan (5.3%)
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Total Foreign Debt
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US$215,415 million
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Inflation Rate
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7.5% (2001)
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Foreign Reserves (excluding gold)
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US$43.37 billion
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Membership in International Organisations
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UN, IMF, World Bank, OAS, ILO, WHO, WTO,Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), G15 and others
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Trade Agreements
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MERCOSUL,
LAIA, (Latin American Integration Association,
NAFTA,
GSTP (Global System of Trade Preferences),
WTO
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Time Difference
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3 hrs behind GMT (Eastern Brazil)
4 hrs behind GMT (Western Brazil)
11 hrs behind Taiwan
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