Brazilian Electronic Industry (2007)
Billing US$57.3 billion
Number of employees 156.1 thousand
Exportation US$9.3 billion
Exportation/Billing (%) 16,2%
Billing/Brazilian GDP (%) 4,4%
Machines and Equipment Industry (2007)
Billing R$61.6 million – 12.6% increase
Expenditure R$70.8 million – 18.7% increase
Exportation US$10.59 million – 21.3% increase
Importation US$15.3 million - 39.9 % increase
Number of Employees 229,735 - 10.5% increase
Medical-odontologic equipment
Annual production US$3.09 billion
Home market US$4.23 billion
Exportation US$525 million
Importation US$2.09 billion
Over 500 companies
86% of the industries are certified (GMP: 65%, ISO 9000: 43%, ISO 13485: 27%, others: 14%)
Information Technology
Brazilian software market has generated US$9.09 billion in 2006 (13th world market).
Expectations are for an average annual growth over 12% by 2010
7818 companies are on the market (94% micro and small-sized businesses)
32.5% of the software used in the country was developed in Brazil – estimate is that that percentage should reach 40% by 2010.
Plastics
11,263 companies (2007)
Billing: US$18.698 billion (2007)
Jobs generated: 317,232 people. (2007)
This branch has shown a considerable 70.5% development between 2004 and 2007, from US$695 million to US$1.185 billion.
The main blocs of destination of the Brazilian plastic products, in 2007: the Southern Common Market (32%), LAIA (27%), USA (4%) and the EU (12%).
As for Colombia, which partakes in LAIA, the plastic branch increased 9.38% their exporting rate, from US$44.286 million in 2006 to US$48.438 million in 2007.
Medicine
Revenue/home market– US$14,57 billion
Exportation – US$ 1,1 billion
Importation – US$ 5,16 billion
Branch revenue/Brazil GHP – 1.12%
Number of jobs – 95,000, in 2004
Biotechnology
Brazil is endowed with the largest biodiversity on the planet. Its macrofauna comprises 1622 bird species, 525 mammal species, 517 amphibian species, being 788 of these endemic (only occurring within the country) and 468 reptile species. It is the country with the largest number of plants and mammals and the second richest in amphibians.
Brazil leads the development of biodiesel and ethanol technologies. The country is the largest ethanol producer in the world, having produced 17.8 billions of litres in 2006 (38% of the world production).
A research made in 2006 by the North American company “Global Bioeconomy Consulting, LLC”, counted Brazil as the 11th country in the world in number of biotechnology companies - 350 (including all of the sub-branches) and as the withholder of the 5th largest number of employees (approximately 27,000 direct jobs).
