- imports:
632,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 21
Oil - proved reserves:
13.2 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17
Natural gas - production:
10.28 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 41
Natural gas - consumption:
18.72 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Natural gas - exports:
NA (2009 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
8.44 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Natural gas - proved reserves:
364.2 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Current account balance:
-$52.73 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 186 -$24.3 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$199.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 23 $153 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
Exports - partners:
China 12.49%, US 10.5%, Argentina 8.4%, Netherlands 5.39%, Germany 4.05% (2009)
Imports:
$187.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $127.7 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
Imports - partners:
US 16.12%, China 12.61%, Argentina 8.77%, Germany 7.65%, Japan 4.3% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$290.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 5 $238.5 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$310.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 25 $273.7 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$349.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 $319.9 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$131 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $117.4 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.77 (2010), 1.9976 (2009), 1.8644 (2008), 1.85 (2007), 2.1761 (2006)
Communications ::Brazil
Telephones - main lines in use:
41.497 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 6
Telephones - mobile cellular:
173.959 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 5
Telephone system:
general assessment: good working system including an extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years
domestic: fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 90 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Americas-1, Americas-2, Atlantis-2, GlobeNet, South Amrica-1, South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilius, and UNISUR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2009)
Broadcast media:
state-run Radiobras operates a radio and a television network; more than 1,000 radio stations and more than 100 TV channels operating - mostly privately owned; private media ownership highly concentrated (2007)
Internet country code:
.br
Internet hosts:
19.316 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 5
Internet users:
75.982 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 4
Transportation ::Brazil
Airports:
4,072 (2010) country comparison to the world: 2
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 726
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 176
914 to 1,523 m: 460
under 914 m: 55 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3,346
1,524 to 2,437 m: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 1,617
under 914 m: 1,642 (2010)
Heliports:
13 (2010)
Pipelines:
condensate/gas 62 km; gas 9,989 km; liquid petroleum gas 353 km; oil 4,517 km; refined products 4,465 km (2009)
Railways:
total: 28,857 km country comparison to the world: 10 broad gauge: 5,709 km 1.600-m gauge (459 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 22,954 km
