Investor Presentaiton
10 How to INVEST in São Paulo
STATES 11
PIPELINES
São Paulo State has the largest and most important
pipeline network in Brazil, which transports a
substantial amount of oil, ethanol and natural gas.
Responding to the strategic position of the state in the
sugarcane sector, Petrobras is implementing the
Ethanol Logistics Multimodal System, which consists
of enlarging the pipeline and waterway infrastructure
to transport ethanol from the producing areas in São
Paulo and in the Center-West to the domestic and
export markets.
This System, which involves investments of nearly
USD 4 billion, contemplates, in addition to
adaptations and improvements in existing facilities,
the construction of new pipelines, terminals,
collection centers and intermediate pumping stations.
Starting in 2011, the transport of ethanol through the
pipeline system will interconnect Paulínia, São Paulo's
metropolitan area and Rio de Janeiro.
Natural gas from the Brazil-Bolivia Gas Pipeline and
from the Campos and the Santos Basins is distributed
by three concessionaires.
PORTS
The Port of Santos, the largest in South America, is
located in São Paulo State. In 2010, the turnover of
exports and imports in Santos totaled USD 95.8 billion
-25% of the Brazilian trade flow of which 37%
was of general cargo, 47% of bulk solid cargo and
16% of bulk liquid cargo.
Located in an area of 7.8 million m², 13 km of quay
and 62 berths, 11 of which are private, the Port of
Santos has specialized terminals for grains, fertilizers,
bulk liquids, vehicles and containers. The latter is the
largest in Latin America, with 550 thousand m².
Also in São Paulo State is the Port of São Sebastião,
which has the third largest natural draft in the world
and ambitious expansion plans.
RAILWAYS
The railway network in São Paulo reaches all regions in
the State and enables the intra-regional transport,
connecting the producing regions in the states of São
Paulo, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Sergipe, Goiás, Mato
Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul to the Tietê-Paraná
Waterway and to the ports of Santos, Rio de Janeiro,
Itaguaí and Guaíba. There is also the interconnection
between the Port of Santos and Paraguay and Bolivia,
with the prospect of, in the near future, operating as a
connection between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The broad structure of telecommunications services
integrates the State to the rest of the world, with
excellent quality and speed. São Paulo hosts four of the
10 largest telecommunications companies in Brazil.
There is availability of a wide range of
telecommunications services, including mobile
telephony, fixed telephony and broadband.Regarding
the mobile telephone network, the GSM and CDMA
coverages reach the entire State.
Highlights:
* 25% of the access to mobile telephony in the
country takes place in São Paulo State;
• São Paulo accounts for 63% of the revenues of
call center companies in Brazil;
• Brazilian state with the largest production of cell
phones;
⚫99.8% of São Paulo's population is served by the
mobile telephony system.
WATERWAYS
Being 2.4 thousand km long, the Tietê-Paraná
Waterway has 10 reservoirs, 10 dams, 10 sluices, 23
bridges and 30 intermodal cargo terminals.
The main products transported by the waterway are:
soybean, soybean meal, corn and its by-products,
sand, limestone and fertilizers. The total cargo loaded
in river ports in São Paulo State amounts to
approximately 4 million tons.
Politics
The Brazilian political system is presidential, with
three branches: the Executive, the Legislative and the
Judiciary, which are represented, respectively, by the
President, the Parliament (the National Congress of
Brazil is divided in the House of Representatives and
the Federal Senate) and the Supreme Federal Court. In
the Federal Parliament, São Paulo is represented by 3
senators and 70 federal congressmen.
In São Paulo, every four years, 94 state congressmen
and one Governor are elected. Geraldo Alckmin is the
current Governor of São Paulo.
Population and Territory
São Paulo is the most populated state in Brazil, with
22% of the Brazilian population. The urbanization rate
is approximately 96%, with three Metropolitan Areas:
The São Paulo Metropolitan Area comprises 39
municipalities and São Paulo City is its regional
hub;
The Santos Metropolitan Area comprises 9
municipalities and Santos is its regional hub;
⚫The Campinas Metropolitan Area comprises 19
municipalities and Campinas is its regional hub.
The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo is
comprised of the metropolitan areas above; the urban
agglomerations of São José dos Campos, Jundiaí,
Sorocaba and Piracicaba; and the microregions of
Bragantina and São Roque.
Professional Qualification
The State has a highly qualified workforce, with 1,465
higher education institutions, which represent
approximately 32% of the Brazilian total, and 7.3
thousand undergraduate courses, which concentrate
over 1.1 million vacancies or 37% of the national total.
The Government of São Paulo manages three of the
most important universities in the country, among
which is USP (Universidade de São Paulo), havingView entire presentation