09/05/2008 15h15
In 12 months, BNDES releases US$ 48.5 billion and foresees more demand for credit
Valor Econômico - 09/05/2008
BNDES' disbursements in the first seven months of the year totaled R$ 45.5 billion (US$ 27.9 billion) and the approval R$ 58.9 billion (US$ 36.1 billion), pulled by the industry that received R$ 18.4 billion (US$ 11.3 billion) of the disbursed total, followed by infrastructure projects that obtained R$ 17.2 billion (US$ 10.6 billion), driven by the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), which started being developed. In 12 months until July, the fund's release reached R$ 79.1 billion (US$ 48.5 billion), almost R$ 80 billion (US$ 49.1 billion) of this year's budget forecast. The approvals in the period reached the peak of R$ 108 billion (US$ 66.3 billion) and the loan applications R$ 155 billion (US$ 95.1 billion). In the evaluation of the bank's presidency adviser, Cláudia Além, the figures point to a strong heating of the bank' s credit demand in the next two years. In 12 months until July, the approval of the infrastructure sector reached R$ 45.5 billion (US$ 27.9 billion), and the liberations reached R$ 32.6 billion (US$ 20 billion). Industry's amounted to R$ 46 billion (US$ 28.2 billion) and disbursements R$ 30.2 million (US$ 18.5 million). Per region, until July the Southeast is the champion of disbursements, at R$ 24.4 billion (US$ 15 billion), compared to R$ 2.7 billion (US$ 1.7 billion) to the North and R$ 3.6 billion (US$ 2.2 billion) to the Northeast.
