Brazil already exports more manufactured goods to EU than to USA
<i>Valor Econômico</i> News 10/15/2007
The exports of manufactured goods to the European Union have surpassed the sales to the United States, a traditional customer of the country in that category. With the American growth deceleration and the Brazilian currency valuation, the Brazilian exporters have been looking for alternatives and have increased the exports to European, Latin-American, Arabian and African customers. From January through September 2007, compared to the same period of 2006, the sales of industrialized goods to Europeans have reached US$ 11,984 billion, a little higher than the US$ 11,859 billion to Americans, according to the Secretaria de Com