The Brazilian economy is one of the economies with bigger growth in South America and the one that receives more direct investments. Every day becomes bigger the number of business with Brazil. According to IFC - International Finance Corporation, the Country will be one of the three biggest exporting platforms of the world in the first 15 years of 21th century.
Studies of ONU says that the Brazilian agricultural production can exceed the United States’ in the next 12 years. The Northeasterns states also participate of this growth. Soy, grape, sleeve, cantaloups, papaya and other fruits are cultivated in the Northeast with high productivity and exported to many countries.

The Northeastern region, in the last years, also passed from producer of traditional goods to manufacturer of technological base products, as special petrochemical steel, automobiles, irrigation equipment, software and products.

From the investments made in the growth of activities like grains and fruits, the modern agroindustry blunted conquering markets and taking the northeasterns products to the table of Americans, Europeans and Asians.

Soy, fine grapes, sleeve, cantaloups, acerola and other tropical fruits produced in the Region has conquered the palate of the international market.

Also in the northeast, we can detach the abundant and with good level of specialization man power, installed infrastructure and tax incentives. The region was prepared to receive new enterprises, attracting great companies and providing the necessary support to their full development.

THE ADVANTAGES OF IF INVESTING IN CEARÁ

1 - Strategical geographic localization
2 - Macro consolidated infrastructure
3 - Qualified and half-qualified man power
4 - Adjusted state and federal incentives
5 - Recognized vocation for tourism of the Brazilian people, mainly the people from Ceará
6 - Credibility and capacity of Government investments
7 - Partnership climate between the Government and productive sector

According to data from Tourism Secretary of the State of the Ceará’s Government, the State counts on a development politic each time more refined, what raises its credibility in relation to enterpreneurs and the Brazilian and international financiers institutions. Guaranteeing the continuous access to private investments and long stated period financings.

Projects such as: the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém (Siderurgical Plant of Ceará, Port of Pecém), Multipurpose Terminal, Metropolitan Train, Castanhão and Wind Energy Plant demonstrate, effectively, the investments that have been accomplished by Ceará in the implantation of big impact enterprises’ for the State’s economy in search for its development.

The State of the Ceará’s Government has, as one of its biggest concerns, the infrastructure offered to investors. The tourism got, in the year of 2004, a 11,7% participation in the state GIP, result of the Tourism Politics development which, in latest years, raised the State tourist demand from 761.777 in 1996, for approximately 1.800.000 in 2004.

The Tourism Development Action Program – PRODETUR CE I resources with more than USS130 millions invested had made the new passengers’ terminal of the new International Airport Pinto Martins construction possible, the structured way which made the increase of the tourist flow possible, not only to Fortaleza and cities of the PRODETUR, but for all the State.

Other Program actions, such as, system of basic sanitation implantation and/or magnifying, institucional and environment protection development had resulted in the qualification of Ceará as tourist destination.

The performance of entities that give industry and commerce qualification services, forming human resources qualified in industrial processes, automation, civil construction, computer science, eletronics, electromechanical and the existence of graduation courses and/or after-graduation in administration, environment, engineering, marketing, tourism, hotels and events make the offer of specialized human resources possible.

Still there is the easiness of specialized and half-specialized man power with competitive costs. Accessible, also, are the costs in civil construction workmanship and lands acquisition.

ADVANTAGES OF INVESTING IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

1 - Strategical geographic localization
2 - Macro infrastructure in construction;
3 - Qualified and half-qualified workmanship;
4 - They come receiving state and federal incentives;
5 - Recognized tourist vocation of the Brazilian people;
6 - Great tourist potential (climate and landscape)

The Rio Grande do Norte’s Tourism Development Action Program invested approximately USS 44 million, in the period of 1996 to 2000, in workmanship infrastructure.

The new Severo Augusto Airport passengers’ terminal; implantation of road accesses to the main beaches; continuation of Sun’s Route (Cotovelo to Barreta), addition of 89 km of roads; sanitation net implantation; pavement of all the streets and Ponta Negra urbanization, benefiting to the population and the tourist routes.

In next the five years, US$800 more million must be invested to turn still better the structure of the State, consolidating the tourist activity in Pólo Costa das Dunas region, through the investments in the areas of Environment, Ambiente Management Embracement, Sanitation and Professional Qualification, beyond the areas that involve Infra-Structure and Beaches Urbanization.