? occupies an area of over 8.5 million km2;
? has a population of 170 million
inhabitants and an economically active
population of 90 million people;
? presents a birth rate of 2.5 million
people per year;
? is a gateway to Mercosur;
? borders ten countries: Argentina, Bolivia,
Colombia, French Guiana, Guiana, Paraguay,
Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela;
? is one of the world?s ten largest
economies;
? has the largest and most diversified
industrial park in Latin America and the
Caribbean;
? is the world?s largest producer of coffee,
oranges and sugar-cane;
? is home to the largest forest based
industry in Latin America;
? is one of the largest producers and
exporters of rough and processed ore;
? has large reserves of iron ore, bauxite,
manganese, tin and gold;
? is among the world?s top generators of
electric energy;
? offers an excellent railway and waterway
system, alongside a vast coastline, with
several harbors;
? is among the world?s top producers of
foodstuffs;
? has one of the most modern
telecommunications systems;
? has one of the most modern and
cutting-edge bank systems in the world;
? has an installed capacity of 32.4 million
tons;
? is a large producer of consumer goods;
? has a modern and competitive textile
industry, with 30 thousand companies that
trade US$ 21 billion per year;
? has 22% of the world?s arable land;
? offers excellent tourism infrastructure;
? is visited by more than 5 million foreign
tourists every year;
? is the world?s first producer of
commercial jets;
? is the third largest producer of shoes in
the world, with a highly competitive leather
industry; ? is third among the producers of
soda drinks;
? is the fourth largest producer of
commercial aircraft in the world;
? has the fifth rubber industry;
? is the sixth largest market for cosmetics,
with US$ 9 billion of sales per year;
? has the seventh largest chemical industry;
? is the eighth largest producer of steel in
the world (27 million tons per year);
? is the tenth largest producer of
automobiles (1.8 million vehicles per year);
? has the tenth largest paper and cellulose
industry.
