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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

MAP

BASIC INFORMATION

I- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
(maximum 10 pages)

1. Geography
Distances
Climate

2. Population, urban centers, and indicators

Population
Principal urban centers
Key socioeconomic indicators

3. Political and administrative organization

Political organization
Administrative organization

II - ECONOMY, CURRENCY, AND FINANCES

(maximum 10 pages)

1. Economic setting

2. Key economic sectors

3. Currency and finances

Currency and exchange rate
Balance of payments and international reserves
Public finances
Banking system
Country risk
MAP

Straightforward and current, setting out borders, states or regions, key

geographic characteristics, and major cities.
BASIC INFORMATION

Area: km2
Population:
Population density: inhabitants/km2
Economically active population:
Major cities:
Currency:
Exchange rate (yearly average):
GDP (current prices, most recent year available): US$
Composition of GDP (most recent year available): Agriculture:
Industry:
Services:
Others:
GDP (current prices, forecast for current year): US$
Composition of GDP (forecast for current year): Agriculture:
Industry:
Services:
Others:

GDP growth (last 5 years):

GDP growth (forecast for current year):

Per capita GDP (most recent year available): US$

Per capita GDP (forecast for current year) : US$

Foreign trade (previous year):

Exports: US$
Imports: US$

Foreign trade (forecast for current year):

Exports: US$
Imports: US$

Bilateral trade (previous year):

Brazilian exports: US$
Brazilian imports: US$

Bilateral trade (forecast for current year):

Brazilian exports: US$
Brazilian imports: US$
I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. Geography (include summary charts)

- Select distances (in km) between locations within the country and between the
capital city or major cities and neighboring countries and nearby cities. In the case of
continental nations, cite internal distances preferably; in the case of smaller countries,
such as European states, provide distances to principal neighboring countries as well.
- Neighboring countries: population and per capita income.
- Average maximum and minimum temperatures and respective seasons in major
cities.
- Average maximum and minimum rainfall levels and rainy seasons in major
cities.

2. Population, urban centers, and indicators (include summary charts)

Population

- Total population and/or population by regions, provinces, states in absolute

numbers (data for most recent year available, indicate date and whether an official or
estimated figure); urban and rural (%); average population density; geographic /
regional concentration (%).

- Recent population growth and forecasts over the next five years.

- Composition by main age groups and by sex.

- Active population: total and distribution by principal economic sectors (%).

Major Urban Centers

- Cities: list major cities, specifying the Capital and number of inhabitants
(indicate date, whether an official figure or estimate).

Principal socioeconomic indicators

- Average per capita income (current figure in US dollars, indicate year).

National Income, GDP, or GNP per capita. Average per capita consumption (US dollars,
current figure, indicate year).

- Income distribution: regional (if applicable, indicate disparities), principal

income levels by population segment.

- Key wage levels: minimum, median, and/or high (US dollars/month).

- Other indicators (current data, indicate year for each):

Number of radio receivers per 100 or 1,000 of population
Number of television sets per 100 or 1,000 of population
Average television viewing time
 Number of landlines and mobile sets per 100 or 1,000 of pop.
Number of computers per 100 or 1,000 of population
Number of Internet users per 100 or 1,000 of population
Average Internet use time
Number of cities with WIFI (digital inclusion)
Number of automobiles per 100 or 1,000 of population (present
growth in domestic automobile production over past 3 or 5 years)
Steel consumption ton/inhabitant
Electric power consumption KWh/inhabitant

- Brief description of consumer profile, behavior, including considerations on

the growth of Socioeconomic Classes C/D in recent years and, e.g., their migration to
Shopping Centers/Malls.

- Literacy rates (national, current figures): note any regional disparities (topic).

- Student population (primary, secondary, and university) at national level

(current figure); absolute numbers and share (%) of population. Comments.

- HDI Human Development Index: total and by category (most recent figures
available).

3. Political and administrative organization (brief description)

Political organization

- Constitutional and political structure: Constitution; type of State; Government

organization (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches); political parties (one-party
or multi-party system).

- Principal central government bodies, list ministries and key economic bodies,
indicate foreign trade agencies, especially those with primary responsibility for imports.
Note: original denomination (boldface) of various bodies (with Portuguese translation,
if necessary).

Administrative organization

- Regional administration: state / provincial / municipal.

4. Participation in international organizations and agreements (brief

description)

- List key international organizations and multilateral economic and political

agreements/treaties to which the country is a member party.
II ECONOMY, CURRENCY, AND FINANCES

1. Economic setting (brief description and summary statistical charts)

- General characteristics of the economy.

- Current development stage.

Share of capital goods imports in developing the domestic industrial base.

- GDP or GNP (according to most recent data available): level and current prices
in US dollars; recent growth (including changes over past 5 years). Composition of
GDP or GNP by key sectors: select years.

- Employment: level (unemployment rate); recent growth (past 5 years).

- Inflation: summary chart of annual variation in consumer and wholesale prices

(domestic source, IMF, or OECD; past 5 years).

2. Principal economic sectors (brief description and statistical summary chart)

- Agriculture and forestry: Primary farming regions/centers; location and relative

importance in the country. Principal resources. Statistical chart(s) on production of
select goods, preferably expressed in physical quantities (select series or years).
Expanding segments.

- Mining: see above.

- Manufacturing: see above.

- Energy: see above.

- Services: see above.

- Other: see above.

3. Currency and finances (brief description and summary statistical chart

and/or graphs)

Currency

- Standard currency.

- Convertibility.

- Change in real and nominal exchange rate (in relation to dollar and real) in the
past 5 years (IMF. International Financial Statistics par rate / market rate).
 - Exchange rate regime (fixed, floating, managed)

- Existence of differentiated rates: commercial, financial, tourism, etc. or black

market, as applicable.

Balance of payments and international reserves

- Recent trends in balance of payments (past 5 years).

OBS: See Explanatory Notes.

- International reserves: gold, SDRs, IMF reserve position, convertible dividends

(summary chart in US dollars: position at a recent date indicate date Source: IMF /
IFS).

OBS: See Explanatory Notes.

Public finances

- Budget: current total revenue and expenditure levels (US dollars). Distribution
of expenditures by principal sectors or categories (%).

Banking system

- Structure, operation, and key official institutions of the banking system.

Commercial, Brazilian, national, and foreign banks.

- Annex: principal banks with commercial operations (Annex I, 5).