Investor Presentaiton
8 How to INVEST in São Paulo
STATES 9
Development Index (HDI) of 0.82. In the past years,
significant improvements in longevity and in
education in the State's cities have been observed. This
is due to, respectively, the reduction of child and
young adult mortality rates and to the increase in early
childhood education coverage, as well as in the
completion rate of elementary school and high school.
The state network of public and private health
institutions is large, hosting centers that are
benchmark nationwide and worldwide. São Paulo
also has excellent educational institutions, from
elementary school to higher education, contributing
to the formation of a labor market distinguished for its
outstanding qualification.
Immigration
São Paulo is the most cosmopolitan state in South
America, having received approximately three million
immigrants from 70 different nationalities through the
19th and 20th centuries. The largest Italian, Portuguese
and Japanese communities outside their countries are
here. There has also been a strong presence of other
communities in São Paulo, such as the Arab, the
German, the Korean, the Chinese, the Spanish and the
Dutch.
Infrastructure and Logistics
São Paulo has the best highway network in the country
with 33 thousand km of roads, as well as the largest
cargo airport in Latin America and the second largest in
the Southern Hemisphere in international flights.
The largest helicopter fleet in the world is also here.
Another highlight of São Paulo is the largest port in
Latin America in transported cargo, the Port of Santos,
where 96 million tons are loaded annually. Such
transportation network is complemented by
waterways (2.4 thousand km) and railways (4.7
thousand km) and by the pipeline network.
Airports
São Paulo State has 36 airports, five of which
(Congonhas, Guarulhos, Campo de Marte, Viracopos
and São José dos Campos) are managed by Infraero, a
company owned by the Federal Government, and 31
are operated by the Airport Department of São Paulo -
Daesp, located in some of the major cities in the state.
The growing business of regional flights will stimulate
improvements in the state's airports.
Two of the airports with the largest volume of
passengers in the country are in São Paulo: Congonhas
Airport, located in the capital; and São Paulo
International Airport, in Guarulhos. In 2010, over 42
million passengers travelled using these airports,
which is 27% of the total traffic recorded in the airports
operated by Infraero throughout the country.
São Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos, is also
important in cargo transport, together with Viracopos
International Airport, in Campinas. In 2010, these
airports accounted, together, for 52% of all cargo
transported in the country's airports (384.6 thousand
and 263.8 thousand tons, respectively).
Congonhas Airport, located in the south of the city of São Paulo.
ENERGY
São Paulo State's economic potential is supported by a
consolidated energy matrix with renewable sources,
such as sugarcane, which accounts for 29% of the total
supply of energy produced in the State, and
hydropower, which accounts for 8%. Petroleum and
its by-products, natural gas, coal, wood and other
sources take part with 46%, 5%, 2%, 1% and 1%,
respectively.
São Paulo accounts for 22% of the hydroelectric
power production in Brazil and for 61% of the
country's ethanol production. This consolidates São
Paulo as a leader in renewable energy. The energy
matrix of São Paulo (with a share of 54.7% of
renewables) is cleaner than the Brazilian average
(45.9%) and considerably cleaner than the world
average (12.9%).
São Paulo has also the hydrocarbon reserve of the
Santos Basin, which stretches across the entire coast of
São Paulo and constitutes the most promising
exploitation area in the Brazilian coast.
HIGHWAYS
São Paulo State's highways are among the best and
most modern in Latin America. The highway network
in São Paulo connects the states of the North, Northeast
and Center-West to the South and Southeast and it
transports goods from the Port of Santos to all over
Brazil and to several countries in South America.
The Mário Covas Beltway, an important asset for the
state's and the country's logistics, aims at relieving the
capital's traffic and enabling the connection among
the various state highways, deviating the passing traffic
flow to the vicinity of São Paulo's metropolitan area.
With a total length of 176 km and connecting the ten
highways that lead to São Paulo, the beltway
constitutes a fundamental link between the state's
countryside, other regions in the country and the Port
of Santos.
Aerial view of a section of the Mario Covas Beltway.View entire presentation