NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY 94; BRAZIL; THE ECONOMY

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BRAZIL
CONTENTS
This chapter supersedes the economic coverage
in the General Survey dated January 1970
A. Economic appraisal 1
B. Sectors of the economy
1. Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
a. Land use and tenure
b. Agrarian reform
c. Agricultural inputs
d. Principal crops
(1) Export crops
(2) Domestic crops I
e. Livestock
f. Fisheries
g. Forestry
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2. Fuels and power
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a. Solid fuels
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b. Petroleum and natural gas
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c. Electric power
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3. Metals and minerals
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a. Ferrous metals
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b. Nonferrous metals
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c. Cement
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4. Manufacturing
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a. Food products
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b. Textiles
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c. Chemical and pharmaceuticals
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d. Pulp and paper
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e. Motor vehicles and agricultural
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equipment
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f. Machinery and equipment
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g. Electric and communications equip-
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li. Shipbuildi ng
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L Aircraft and missiles I
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5. Construction
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C. Economic policy and development 27
1. Economic policy
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2. Public finance
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a. Revenues
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b. Expenditures
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3. Money and banking
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a. Monetary policy
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b. The money market
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4. Development
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a. Planning
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b. Approaches to development
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c. Development prospects
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5. Manpower
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a. Size and structure of the labor force
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b. Productivity
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c. Wages and social benefits
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d. Labor organization
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D. International economic relation,
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1. Commodity composition of trade
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2. Direction of trade
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3. Trade regulations
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4. Balance of payments
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5. Foreign aid
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Fig. 1
Gross domestic product (chart)
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Fig. 2
Economic activity (map)
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Fig. 3
Growth of output in major sectors
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Fig. 17
(chart)
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Fig. 4
Origin of GDP chart)
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Fig. 5
General price index (chart)
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Fig. 6
Economic regions, states and ter-
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Fig. 20
ritories, and population density
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(map)
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Fig. 7
Drought in the Northeast photos)
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Fig. 8
Land use chart)
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Fig. 9
Natural vegetation (imp)
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Land tenure table)
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Fig. 11
Farm village in Amazon area photo)
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Fig. 12
Area of principal crops table)
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Fig. 13
Crop production table)
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Fig. 14
Coffee exports (chart)
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Fig. 15
Livestock numbers (table)
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Fig. 16
Livestock and fishery products
(table)
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Fig. 17
Production of ores and metals table)
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Fig. 18
Indexes of manufacturing table)
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Fig. 19
Value added and employment in
manufacturing table)
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Fig. 20
Motor vehicle production (table)
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Fig. 21
Auto assembly plant photo)
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Fig. 22
Sao Paulo (photo)
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Fig. 23
Federal government budget chart)
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Fig. 24
Federal revenue (table)
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Fig. 25
Banking assets and liabilities (table)
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Fig. 26
Balance of trade chart)
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Fig. 27
Composition of exports table)
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Fig. 28
Shifts in export composition chart)
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Fig. 29
Composition of imports table)
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Fig. 30
Geographic distribution of trade
(chart)
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Fig. 31
Balance of payments table)
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The Economy
A. Economic appraisal
fhe Brazilian econonrv. one of liu� world's nust
d \Ila nlle_ nuti I t ai ne(I a oral gro%%tb rate averaging
more than fir( annually throughout the 19:)O's and
IS)60* and during 196S-T2 grovvtlr averaged ncark
10 l)1-r year (Figure I Development has been vve11
diversified an(I bias produced a highly integrated
modern sector. :\Ithougb napidl\ rising exports h:avr
hecotru� an important intpetns to economic gro\\th,
pnttlnction still is dircct,�d primarily to\vard the
donu�stic rnarket. The Inrge industrial sector and broad
reuntrcc base are adetluale to nuet the country's
requirements for all hilt a fevv goods. Brazil still
dep