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Prices of mineral and agricultural commodities influence participation of municipalities in 2011 GDP December 17, 2013

The price rise of the barrel of oil influenced the major participation changes of the municipalities in... The price rise of the barrel of oil...

IBGE releases today another set of thematic maps December 16, 2013

IBGE makes available today, December 16, 2013, a set of thematic geospatial information on geology, geomorphology, soil and vegetation of a number...

IBGE maps surface and ground waters in the Northeast Region December 16, 2013

In order to help preserve and manage water resources in the Northeastern part of Brazil, IBGE makes available today, December 16, 2013, Hydrochemical...

Retail sales change 0.2% in October December 12, 2013

In the seasonally adjusted series, the volume of sales of the retail trade changed 0.2% in October and the nominal revenue of sales, 0.7%, compared...

Cattle, pigs and hogs and chicken slaughter in the 3rd quarter was record December 11, 2013

In the third quarter of 2013, cattle slaughter (8.91 million head) hit the record...

Industrial employment changes 0.1% in October December 11, 2013

In October 2013, the total of industrial employees registered a positive change of 0.1% against the level of the previous month, in the seasonally...

Soybean stock exceeds 20 million tonnes in the first semester of 2013 December 10, 2013

The stocking network of agricultural products in operation in Brazil recorded a decrease of 0.1%...

Industrial output grows in 11 of the 14 places surveyed in October December 10, 2013

The pace increase in the national industrial output from September to October, in the seasonally adjusted series, occurred in 11 of the 14 places...

In November, IBGE expects harvest to be 15.4% higher than in 2012 December 10, 2013

The eleventh estimate of the national harvest of grains, legumes and oilseeds accounted for...

IBGE releases report on its network for sea level monitoring December 09, 2013

IBGE releases today, December 09, 2013, the Report on the Monitoring of the Change of Mean Sea Level in the Stations of Permanent Geodetic Tide Gauge...

IPCA of November stays at 0.54% December 06, 2013

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) changed 0.54% in November and stood 0.03 percentage points below the rate registered in October...

Pintec: In 2011, industrial companies spent more on research and development than in 2008 December 05, 2013

Industrial companies spent 0.71% of their net sales revenue on research and development in 2011. This percentage was above the 0.62% spent in 2008,...

PEVS 2012: silviculture and wild-crop harvesting account for 18.4 billion December 05, 2013

In 2012, the primary forestry production of the country amounted to R$ 18.4 billion. Silviculture contributed with 76.9% (R$ 14.2 billion) and the...

Industrial output rises 0.6% in October December 04, 2013

In October 2013, the national industrial output expanded 0.6% over the immediately previous month in the seasonally adjusted series, after...

GDP falls 0.5% versus figure in Q2 2013 and reaches R$ 1.2 trillion December 03, 2013

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 0.5% in the comparison between Q2 and Q3 2013, in the seasonally-adjusted series. Versus the same period...

IBGE launches Political Map of Brazil December 03, 2013

IBGE releases today, December 03 of 2013, the Political Map of Brazil at a 1:5,000,000 (1cm = 50km) scale. As a cartographic representation of the...

SIS 2013: 74.1% of women aged 25 to 29, neither studying nor working, have at least one child November 29, 2013

The Synthesis of Social Indicators (SIS) 2013 shows that, in 2012, near 20% of young people aged 15 to 29 did not attend school or work. The proportion...

Map reveals that 37% of the territory of Rondônia has no human intervention November 28, 2013

The Map of Land Use and Cover of the State of Rondônia revealed that 37% of its territory are occupied by special areaswithout any external anthropic...

Producer Price Index (IPP) in October changes -0.37% November 28, 2013

In October of 2013, the Producer Price Index (IPP) changed -0.37% compared with the previous month; a lower result than those of September/13...

Regional Accounts: Five states concentrate 65.2% of the GDP in 2011 November 22, 2013

Comprising São Paulo (32.6%), Rio de Janeiro (11.2%), Minas Gerais (9.3%), Rio Grande do Sul (6.4%) and Paraná (5.8%), this group concentrated 65.2%...

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