Figure 1.--Here we see two children of a farmer in Maranhao, Brazil. Maranhão is a northeastern state with a tropical climate. |
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Brazil is a major exporter of raw materials, both mineral and agricultural. For most of Brazil's hostory, these two sectors have dominated the Brazilian economy. The agricultural crops have varied over time as have the exploitation of mineral resources. Sugar was the first major crop. The Dutch introduced the sugar industry and this dominated the Brazilian economy for centuries. Then came the coffee and rubber boioms. Brazil's agricultural sector is much more diversified, with a range of crops (coffeee, corn, soybeans, sugar cane (now used to poroduce ethonol as well as sugar), and a range of other crops. The mineral extraction sector has also grown and diversified, including aluminum, cement, columbium, gold, iron, ferroalloys, manganese, tin, and others. Brazil is among the world leader in many of these minerals and is now developing an important off-shore petroleum resource. Iron ore is now the ciountry's second leading export commodity. In recent years a significant industrual sector has begun to develop in Brazil. This has meant not important steel exports, but an increasingly significant manufacturing output. São Paulo is Brazil's commercial center and the center of the country's expanding industrial sector.
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