Suframa

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Manaus Industrial Sector

The Manaus Industrial Park (PIM) is the second largest and one of the most important in South America. It is the base which sustains the Manaus Free Trade Zone model.

It makes a decisive contribution bringing international technology to Brazil, and maintains a model producing economic and social development and preserving the environment in the Amazon Region.

There are 450 companies installed in the PIM, with an average annual turnover higher than U$ 13.6 billion, and generates around 90,000 direct jobs and 350,000 indirect jobs in Manaus alone, plus around 20,000 others in the other states covered by Suframa.

One of PIM's most important competitive differentials is the skilled labour force with international standard. It is one of the most productive in several segments and is the productivity leader in the production of television sets, DVDs, and mobile phones amongst other things.

The main companies in the PIM have achieved ISO 9000, 14000 and OHSAS 18000 standard certification. Thus, they have achieved a level of competitiveness which is capable of supplying the internal market, helping Brazil to expand in the international market.

With an annual growth rate of more than 20%, one of the highest in the country, the current trends is for the PIM to export more and more. Suframa´s goal is to equalize the trade balance in 2007, with the perspective of running a surplus thereafter.