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This is a list of major companies based in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Acesita Acesita Aperam, before known as ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil or, formerly known as Acesita, is a biggest Brazilian manufacturer of specialty steels. Headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, the company is a supplier of stainless, silicon and special carbon steels...	Steel
Agrale Agrale Agrale is a Brazilian manufacturer of military vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, commercial vehicles, engines and agricultural tractors. It is based in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Established in 1962, the brand's current model line-up consists of the Marrua SUV and pick-up truck...	Automakers and parts		US$ 1,7 billion
AmBev AmBev Ambev formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas is a subsidiary of global brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev and is the biggest brewery in South America and the fifth in the world...	Beverage and food	AMBV3, AMBV4	US$ 15,9 billion	US$ 104,9 billion
América Latina Logística	Transportation	ALLL11, ALLL3, ALLL4	US$ 1,7 billion	US$ 5,3 billion
Andrade Gutierrez Andrade Gutierrez Andrade Gutierrez is a Brazilian private conglomerate headquartered in São Paulo. The organization was founded in 1948 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, by the Andrade and Gutierrez families and it is today one of the largest privately held groups in Latin America and amongst the top three largest...	Construction and building materials	ANDG3B, ANDG4B	US$ 8,4 billion	US$ 14,1 billion
Aracruz Celulose	Paper	ARCZ3, ARCZ5, ARCZ6
AstralSat AstralSat AstralSat is a satellite television service in Brazil that was the first such service in that country to offer prepaid subscription TV.The service launched a plan of 12 channels for R$30 per month...	Media and entertainment		US$ 1,3 billion
Avibrás Avibras Avibras Indústria Aeroespacial is a diversified Brazilian company which designs, develops and manufactures defense products and services. Its range of products encompasses artillery and aircraft defense systems, rockets and missiles...	Aerospace and defense
Azul Brazilian Airlines Azul Brazilian Airlines Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A is a Brazilian domestic low-cost airline based in Barueri. It was established on 5 May 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman, founder and former-CEO of JetBlue. The airline began service on December 15, 2008 and has ordered a fleet of 76 Embraer 195 jets...	Airlines

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
B2W Varejo B2W Varejo B2W is the largest company's online retail business in Latin America,as a result of the merger between Americanas.com and Submarino.com. The Lojas Americanas have the controlling shareholder, with 53.25% of the new company, responsible for 46.75% Submarino.com...	Retail	BTOW3	US$ 2,3 billion	US$ 1,5 billion
Banco Bradesco Banco Bradesco Bradesco is one of the Big Four banks in Brazil, the others being Banco do Brasil, Itaú Unibanco and CEF. Bradesco was the largest private bank in Brazil until Banco Itaú and Unibanco merged in 2009. Bradesco is headquartered in Osasco, has 3,945 branches and 38,772 Automatic Teller Machines...	Banking and financial services	BBDC3, BBDC4	US$ 50,4 billion	US$ 81,1 billion
Banco do Brasil Banco do Brasil Banco do Brasil S.A. is the largest Brazilian and Latin American bank by assets, and the third by market value. The bank, headquartered in Brasília, was founded in 1808 and is the oldest active bank in Brazil — and one of the oldest financial institutions in the world.Banco do Brasil is controlled...	Banking and financial services	BBAS11, BBAS12, BBAS3	US$ 48,9 billion	US$ 54,2 billion
Banco Nossa Caixa Banco Nossa Caixa Banco Nossa Caixa was a Brazilian bank listed since 2005 on the BM&F Bovespa and focused on State of São Paulo, but active in other Brazilian States. Founded in 1916 originating from Caixas Economicas Paulista, used to have 547 branchs...	Banking and financial services	BNCA3
Banco Safra Banco Safra Banco Safra is a Brazilian and international bank, ranking tenth among the country’s largest sector financial institutions in terms of total assets. The Bank is part of the larger Safra Group of banks and financial institutions.-Operations:...	Banking and financial services		US$ 12,5 billion
Banestes Banestes Banestes is a bank responsible for the public execution of loans for the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, with the captation of resources, transfer and applications being one of the state's major instruments of economical development....	Banking and financial services	BEES3, BEES11	US$ 3,0 billion	US$ 2,4 billion
Banrisul Banrisul Banrisul is the largest bank in Southern Brazil and operates primarily in the state of Rio Grande do Sul , with a network that serves 364 cities . The services, however, are extended to other localities of Brazil...	Banking and financial services	BRSR3, BRSR5, BRSR6	US$ 2,9 billion	US$ 4,0 billion
BM&F Bovespa	Banking and financial services	BVMF3	US$ 1,1 billion	US$ 13,6 billion
Bob's Bob's Bob's is the first Brazilian fast food chain, founded in 1952 by the American Brazilian tennis champion Robert Falkenburg, Wimbledon tourney winner in 1948. The first store was opened in the borough of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro....	Restaurants
Bradespar Bradespar Bradespar is a Brazilian holding company headquartered in São Paulo. The company was formed in 2000 by Banco Bradesco in order to allow the bank to spin off some of its industrial investments.In 2005, the company began to hold large holdings in mining company Vale and Utility company CPFL, which...	Banking and financial services	BRAP3, BRAP4	US$ 1,6 billion	US$ 8,6 billion
Brasil Foods Brasil Foods Brasil Foods, also called BRF is a public company resulting from the 2009 merger between Perdigão S.A. and Sadia, both large Brazilian-owned food corporations....	Beverage and food		US$ 15,6 billion	US$ 19,2 billion
Brasil Telecom Brasil Telecom Brasil Telecom S.A. is a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in the Brazilian capital Brasilia. The company is one of three land lines, one long distance and eight mobile telephone companies in Brazil that emerged from the break-up of Telebrás...	Telecommunications	BRTP3, BRTP4	US$ 6,5 billion	US$ 5,1 billion
Braskem Braskem Braskem is a Brazilian petrochemical company headquartered in São Paulo. The company is the largest petrochemical in the Americas by production capacity and the fifth largest in the world...	Energy and petrochemicals	BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM3	US$ 16,1 billion	US$ 9,1 billion
Bravox Bravox Bravox is a electronics manufacturer, based in São Paulo, Brazil.-History:During World War II, the Brazilian government confiscated all German assets in Brazil...	Computers and electronics
Busscar Busscar Busscar Ônibus S.A. is a Brazilian bus manufacturer that builds coaches, trolleybuses, charter and tour buses. The company is based in Joinville in the south of Brazil, where it has industrial premises that cover 1,000,000 m2, including a building of 84,000 m2.-History:The business has its origins...	Automakers and parts

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Caixa Econômica Federal Caixa Econômica Federal Caixa Econômica Federal , also referred to as Caixa or CEF, is a Brazilian bank. It is the largest government-owned financial institution in Latin America. It is the largest bank in Brazil and in Latin America by assets....	Banking and financial services		US$ 19,5 billion
Camargo Corrêa Camargo Corrêa Camargo Corrêa is one of the biggest Brazilian private conglomerates, composed of publicly traded and closed companies, and shared management, operating in Brazil and in more than 20 countries...	Conglomerate	CCIM3	US$ 10,3 billion
Casas Bahia Casas Bahia Casas Bahia is a in Brazilian retail chain which specializes in furniture and home appliances. It was founded in 1957 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, by Polish immigrant Samuel Klein , who began his career as a peddler selling products to immigrants from the Brazilian Northeast...	Retail		US$ 11,3 billion	US$ 4,7 billion
CCR Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias CCR - Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias is a holding company with interests in private interstate highway concessions in Brazil...	Other	CCRO3	US$ 2,9 billion	US$ 12,6 billion
Celesc Celesc Celesc is the electricity utility for the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. In 2004 the company had around 1.8-million customers and sold around 12.9 TWh of electricity. It generates power from 12 plants, all of them hydroelectric, with installed capacity of around 83MW...	Utilities and infrastructure	CLSC3, CLSC5, CLSC6	US$ 2,3 billion
CEMIG CEMIG CEMIG is a Brazilian power company headquartered in Belo Horizonte capital of Minas Gerais. The company is one of the largest power generator and distributor in Brazil being responsible for 12% of the national distribution....	Utilities and infrastructure	CMIG3, CMIG4	US$ 8,2 billion	US$ 10,9 billion
Chocolates Garoto Garoto Chocolates Garoto S.A. is a Brazilian chocolate manufacturer. Its headquarters are located in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. The company was founded in 1929 by German immigrant Heinrich Meyerfreund. First Garoto started as a small producer of chocolates, today, it is one of Brazil's largest...	Beverage and food
Cielo Cielo Cielo may refer to:* César Cielo, a Brazilian freestyle swimmer* Cielo , a distributor and manufacturer of frozen yogurt* Cielo , a supercomputer located at Los Alamos National Laboratory...	Financial Services		US$ 2,5 billion	US$ 11,6 billion
CESP Companhia Energética de São Paulo The Companhia Energética de Sao Paulo is the largest producer of electricity in the state of Sao Paulo, with total installed power of 7.455,30 MW, and the third largest in Brazil. It owns and operates six hydroelectric plants integrated into the National Interconnected System .-See also:* Eng...	Utilities and infrastructure	CESP3, CESP5, CESP6	US$ 1,8 billion	US$ 5,4 billion
Comgás Comgás Comgás is a Brazilian gas distributor focused on São Paulo . It is Brazil's biggest gas distributor, with around 770,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in 2004, who receive gas through some 5,400 kilometres of pipelines. Comgás was founded in 1872...	Utilities and infrastructure	CGAS3, CGAS5	US$ 2,3 billion	US$ 3,0 billion
Copacol Copacol Copacol is a Brazilian meat and food processor with its headquarters based in Cafelândia, Paraná....	Beverage and food
Copel Copel Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia Public , the largest company of the State of Paraná, was founded on October 26, 1954 with ownership control held by the State of Paraná. The Company went public in April 1994 BM&F Bovespa and, in 1997, it was the first company of the Brazilian electricity...	Utilities and infrastructure	CPLE3, CPL35, CPLE6	US$ 4,2 billion	US$ 6,3 billion
Cosan Cosan Cosan is a public company, a Brazilian conglomerate producer of bioethanol, sugar and energy.-Biography:Cosan began in 1936 in Piracicaba city in State of São Paulo, with the founding of its first factory for milling of sugar cane...	Petrochemicals	CSAN3	US$ 9,1 billion	US$ 3,5 billion
CPFL Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz - CPFL Energia is the largest non state-owned group of electric energy generation and distribution in Brazil and the third biggest brazilian utility company, after Eletrobras and CEMIG. The corporation is composed by CPFL Brasil, CPFL Piratininga, CPFL Paulista,...	Utilities and infrastructure	CPFE3	US$ 7,6 billion	US$ 13,2 billion
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is the second major steel-maker company in Brazil. Its main plant is located in the city of Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro...	Steel	CSNA3	US$ 9,2 billion	US$ 28,6 billion
Cyrela Brazil Realty Cyrela Brazil Realty Cyrela Brazil Realty is the second largest homebuilder and real estate company in Brazil, after PDG Realty. Considered one of the most solid of the civil construction sector, currently operates in 17 states and 55 cities in Brazil and Argentina...	Construction and building materials Real estate	CYRE3	US$ 3,0 billion	US$ 4,1 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
DASA S.A. DASA S.A. DASA is a major Brazil-based medical diagnosis company, being the biggest medical diagnosis company in Latin America and the fourth biggest in the world. In general medicine the company becomes the second largest in Latin America, just behind the Brazilian also Amil...	Clinical Laboratory		US$ 957,8 million	US$ 3,8 billion
Duratex	Wood and paper	DURA3, DURA4	US$ 1,7 billion	US$ 4,0 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
EBX Group	Conglomerate		US$ 15,9 billion	US$ 52,9 billion
Eletrobrás Eletrobrás Eletrobras is a major Brazilian power utility. It's also Latin America's biggest power utility company, tenth largest in the world and is also the fourth largest clean energy company in the world. It is currently expanding its operations in the continent, as well as in Africa. The company's full...	Utilities and infrastructure	ELET3, ELET5, ELET6	US$ 16,4 billion	US$ 22,5 billion
Eletropaulo Eletropaulo AES Eletropaulo is a major Brazilian power distributor in the state of São Paulo, created in the breakup of the old state-owned power distribution company Eletropaulo that monopolized electricity distribution in São Paulo from 1981 to 1999...	Utilities and infrastructure	ELPL3, ELPL5, ELPL6	US$ 6,1 billion	US$ 9,8 billion
Embraco Embraco Founded in 1971 — with the purpose of supplying the Brazilian refrigeration industry which, up until then, relied entirely on imported compressors — Embraco began production in 1974. It was in this same decade when it began to export to markets in the Americas.In the 1980s the sales and...	Industrial equipment and machinery
Embraer Embraer Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, and executive aircraft and provides aeronautical services....	Aerospace and defense	EMBR3	US$ 5,9 billion	US$ 17,8 billion
Embratel Embratel Embratel - Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações S.A. is a second major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The company was the long distance arm of Telebras until it was bought by the U.S. company MCI Communications for 2.65 billion reais during the 1998...	Telecommunications	EBTP3, EBTP4	US$ 6,7 billion
Estrela Estrela (company) Estrela is a toy manufacturer in Brazil. The company was founded in São Paulo in 1937, when it started producing dolls and wooden toy cars. In 1944 it became a publicly traded corporation...	Toys	ESTR3, ESTR4	US$ 53,9 million

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Fabral Fabral Fabral is an off-road vehicle manufacturer based in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. Fabral was established in 2002....	Automakers and parts
Fibria Fibria Fibria Celulose is a Brazilian pulp and paper company created by a merger between Aracruz and VCP, born positioned as a global leader in pulp, with production capacity exceeding 6 million tons of pulp and paper produced in 7 factories distributed in 5 Brazilian states. Much of this production is...	Pulp and Paper	` US$ 4,1 billion	US$ 6,5 billion
Fleury S.A. Fleury S.A. Fleury is a Medical Diagnosis company based in Brazil, ranked as second largest medical diagnosis company in Brazil, after DASA and the third largest medical company after Amil and DASA...	Clinical laboratory	US$ 559,7 million	US$ 1,0 billion
Eletrobrás Furnas Eletrobrás Furnas Eletrobras Furnas is a regional power utility and a major subsidiary of Eletrobras. The company generates or transmits electricity to 51% of households in Brazil and more than 40% of the nation's electricity passes through their grid...	Utilities and infrastructure

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Gafisa Gafisa Gafisa is a top 5 Brazilian residential construction and real estate company, along Cyrela Brazil Realty, PDG Realty, MRV Engenharia, Rossi Residencial and Brookfield Incorporações. It's based in São Paulo and present in various cities of Brazil...	Construction and building materials Real estate	GFSA3	US$ 2,3 billion	US$ 2,0 billion
Gerdau Gerdau Gerdau is the largest producer of long steel in America, with steel mills in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. It also holds 40% stake in the Spanish company Sidenor and has a joint...	Steel	GGBR3, GGBR4	US$ 21,6 billion	US$ 23,3 billion
Global Táxi Aéreo Global Táxi Aéreo Global is a Brazilian airline specialising in air charter and aircraft maintenance. Its main base is in São Paulo at Congonhas Airport- Fleet :The Global fleet includes* Falcon 2000LX EASy* Legacy 600* Citation X...	Charter Airlines	http://www.globaltaxiaereo.com.br/ingles/
Gol Transportes Aéreos Gol Transportes Aéreos Gol Transportes Aéreos is a Brazilian airline based in Comandante Lineu Gomes Square, São Paulo City, Brazil....	Airlines	GOLL3, GOLL4	US$ 4,3 billion	US$ 3,6 billion
Gradiente Gradiente Gradiente is a Brazilian consumer electronics company based in São Paulo. The company designs and markets many product lines, including video , audio, home theater, high end acoustics, office and mobile stereo, and wireless. The company was founded in 1964...	Computers and electronics	IGBR3
Grupo Abril Grupo Abril Grupo Abril is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate with its headquarter in São Paulo. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja....	Media and entertainment		US$ 3,4 billion
Grupo Folha Grupo Folha The Grupo Folha is a Brazilian conglomerate of publishing companies, including newspapers, publishing houses, print shops and so on...	Media and entertainment		US$ 1,8 billion
Grupo Pão de Açúcar	Retail	PCAR3, PCAR4	US$ 25,1 billion	US$ 13,3 billion
Grupo Schincariol Primo Schincariol Primo Schincariol is a South American brewery and beverage maker based in Brazil. In 2004, Schincariol became the largest Brazilian fully owned brewery, gaining this title after AmBev merged with the Belgian Interbrew, becoming InBev. Currenty, AB-Inbev is a Brazilian-Belgian owned company...	Beverages and food
Guararapes Grupo Guararapes Grupo Guararapes is the biggest textile company in Latin America, the company operates 123 department stores in Brazil through Lojas Riachuelo, the third largest Brazilian department store company after Lojas Renner and Marisa S.A., owns the Midway Mall, based in Natal and the Midway Financeira,...	Textile Industry		US$ 1,5 billion	US$ 3,6 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Habib's Habib's Habib's is a Brazilian fast food franchising specialised in Middle Eastern cuisine. It has more than 300 outlets across the country and has recently begun expansion into foreign markets. It is known for very low prices and exotic dishes...	Restaurants		US$ 2,6 billion
Hering Hering Companhia Hering is a Brazilian textile and retail clothing company, being the leading clothing textile company in Latin America....	Department store & Textile	HGTX3	US$ 598,6 million	US$ 3,4 billion
Hypermarcas Hypermarcas Hypermarcas is a Brazilian conglomerate. The company has a complete portfolio of brands in Brazil, with capital from Brazil, considering jointly market segments in which it operates...	Conglomerate		US$ 2,0 billion	US$ 4,8 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Infraero Infraero Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, Infraero in short, is a Brazilian government corporation created in 1972 and responsible for operating the main Brazilian commercial airports. In 2009, Infraero's airports carried 128,135,616 passengers and 1,114,754 tons of cargo and operated...	Utilities and infrastructure
Iochpe-Maxion Iochpe-Maxion Iochpe-Maxion is a the largest global wheel maker company with twomain divisions in the auto parts and railwayequipment industries, which together accountfor nearly 14.0 thousand direct job positions at 23...	Automakers and parts	MYPK4, MYPK3	US$ 1,3 billion	US$ 1,2 billion
Itaú Unibanco	Banking and financial services	ITAUB3, ITAUB4	US$ 71,4 billion	US$ 110,6 billion
Itaúsa Itaúsa Itaúsa is a Brazilian conglomerate company which controls several companies active in areas such as the financial and real estate sectors; industries including wood panels, pottery and metal; health; chemicals; and electronics...	Conglomerate	ITSA3, ITSA4	US$ 66,4 billion	US$ 35,9 billion
Itautec Itautec Itautec is a Brazilian company that was founded in 1979. The company is part of Itaúsa: , which is the second largest private Brazilian business group by sales volume....	Computer System		US$ 898,0 million	US$ 1,1 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
JBS S.A. JBS S.A. JBS is the largest Brazilian multinational in the food industry, producing fresh, chilled, and processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in São Paulo."." JBS S.A. Retrieved on February 3, 2011...	Beverage and food	JBSS3	US$ 34,9 billion	US$ 15,1 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Klabin Klabin Klabin is the biggest paper producer, exporter and recycler in Brazil. It is the leading manufacturer of packaging paper and board, corrugated boxes, industrial sacks and timber in logs. It has 17 industrial plants in Brazil and one in Argentina...	Paper	KLBN3, KLBN4	US$ 2,3 billion	US$ 3,3 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Light Light S.A. Light S.A., or just Light is a Private Company of public utility of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Founded 1904 in Toronto with The Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co. Ltd...	Utilities and infrastructure	PCAR3, PCAR4	US$ 4,1 billion	US$ 3,7 billion
Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by Austrian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger...	Retail	LAME3, LAME4	US$ 6,0 billion	US$ 7,1 billion
Lojas Renner Lojas Renner Lojas Renner is the second largest Brazilian department stores clothing, headquartered in Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil...	Department Store	LREN3	US$ 1,8 billion	US$ 4,4 billion
Lojas Riachuelo Lojas Riachuelo Lojas Riachuelo is a Brazilian company's retail segment founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company has about 130 stores in 20 States of Brazil and also in the Federal District....	Retail		US$ 1,2 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Magazine Luíza Magazine Luíza Magazine Luíza is the third largest Brazilian retail company by revenue and stores , after Grupo Pão de Açúcar and Máquina de Vendas. The company was founded in 1958 and its headquartered in Franca in State of São Paulo...	Retail		US$ 3,6 billion	US$ 5,9 billion
Marcopolo Marcopolo S.A. Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity and touring coach...	Automakers and parts	POMO3, POMO4	US$ 1,7 billion	US$ 2,3 billion
Máquina de Vendas Máquina de Vendas Máquina de Vendas is the second biggest Brazilian retail company, only behind the Grupo Pão de Açúcar. The company was founded on March 29, 2010 as a result of the merger of retailers companies Insinuante from State of Bahia and Ricardo Eletro based on State of Minas Gerais. The Group has 900...	Retail		US$ 3,8 billion	US$ 2,6 billion
Marfrig	Food processing		US$ 14,4 billion	US$ 4,0 billion
Metro Rio Rio de Janeiro Metro The Rio de Janeiro Metro is a mass-transit underground railway network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1979 with five stations operating on one line, it now covers 47 km divided into two lines and 35 stations...	Transportation	OPRT3
MRS Logística MRS Logística MRS Logística S.A. is a freight rail company located in Brazil that operates of track. It is the concessionary company that operates the Southestearn Federal Railroad Network .-History:The operation started in 1996, combining the lines Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte, São...	Logistics		US$ 1,3 billion
MRV Engenharia MRV Engenharia MRV is the biggest Brazilian construction and real estate company for middle class and lower middle segment and the only one offering houses and apartments in more than 85 Brazilian cities. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte...	Construction and building materials Real estate	MRVE3	US$ 1,9 billion	US$ 3,5 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
Natura Natura Natura is the Brazilian leading manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products....	Personal care	NATU3	US$ 3,2 billion	US$ 11,7 billion
Net Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A NET is the largest cable television operator in Latin America. The company's Net service had around 23.5 million subscribers as of June 2009...	Utilities and infrastructure	NETC3, NETC4	US$ 3,4 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....	Market Cap
OceanAir OceanAir Avianca Brazil , trademark of Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S/A, is a Brazilian airline based in São Paulo, Brazil. It operates passenger services from 23 destinations. Its main base is Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo. Even though the legal name of the airline remains OceanAir, Avianca ...	Airlines
Odebrecht	Construction and building materials	US$ 32,2 billion
Oi	Telecommunications	US$ 25,2 billion	US$ 14,8 billion
O Boticário O Boticário O Boticário is the second biggest Brazilian cosmetic company, behind Natura. It has 2,114 stores in Brazil, 52 in Portugal, 4 stores in Mexico, 5 stores and 6 points of sales in Bolivia, 2 in Peru, 2 in Paraguay, 438 points of sale in Japan and has stores in other fourteen countries. O Boticário...	Personal Care	US$ 1,1 billion
Organizações Globo Rede Globo Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...	Media and entertainment	US$ 6,2 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
Pantanal Linhas Aéreas Pantanal Linhas Aereas Pantanal Linhas Aéreas S.A. is an airline based in São Paulo, Brazil and controlled by TAM Airlines. It is a regional airline serving 19 destinations mainly in the southeast region of Brazil...	Airlines
Petrobras Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro or Petrobras is a semi-public Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in Latin America by market capitalization and revenue, and the largest company headquartered in the Southern Hemisphere by market...	Energy and petrochemicals	PETR3, PETR4	US$ 138,5 billion
Petróleo Ipiranga Petroleo Ipiranga Empresas Petróleo Ipiranga is a Brazilian conglomerate that are in the field of refining and distribution of oil.It also has business in petrochemical and chemical industries....	Energy and petrochemicals		US$ 20,5 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
Queiroz Galvão Queiroz Galvão Queiroz Galvão is a Brazilian private conglomerate company headquartered in Recife. Today it is an international company engaged in construction, oil & gas, foods, steel production, and public concessions...	Conglomerate		US$ 3,6 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
Redecard Redecard Redecard is a Brazilian multi-brand acquirer with 25 brands in its portfolio, for credit, debit and benefit cards. Its activities include merchant acquiring, capturing, transmission, processing and settlement of credit and debit card transactions, prepayment of receivables to merchants , rental of...	Banking and financial services	RDCD3
Rede Record Rede Record Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...	Media and entertainment
RedeTV!	Media and entertainment
Rico Linhas Aéreas Rico Linhas Aereas Rico Linhas Aéreas S/A was a Brazilian regional airline with its headquarters at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, authorized to operate scheduled passenger and cargo services in the Amazon region....	Airlines
Rossi Residencial Rossi Residencial Rossi Residencial is a Brazilian construction company .The company operates in real estate. Is present in more than 56 Brazilian cities, from headquarters in São Paulo and in regional offices located in cities such as Campinas, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and others.The Rossi...	Construction and building materials	RSID3

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa	Revenue Revenue In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
Sabesp Sabesp Sabesp is a Brazilian state owned utility that provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial use in the São Paulo and in 364 of the 645 municipalities in São Paulo State, Brazil...	Water Industry	SBSP3	US$ 5,8 billion
SBT	Media and entertainment		US$ 1,2 billion
Suzano Papel e Celulose Suzano Papel e Celulose Suzano Papel e Celulose is a Brazilian company of pulp and paper belonging to the Suzano Group, with presence in over 80 countries and offices in Buenos Aires, Fort Lauderdale, London, Shanghai and Signy and one of the largest in Latin America.The company is a leader in the paperboard market in...	Pulp and Paper		US$ 2,6 billion

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
TAM Airlines	Airlines	TAMM3, TAMM4
Taurus Taurus (manufacturer) Forjas Taurus is a manufacturing conglomerate based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Beginning as a tool and die manufacturer, the company now consists of divisions focusing on firearms, metals manufacturing, plastics, body armor, helmets, and civil construction.-History:Taurus produced its first...	Firearms	FJTA3, FJTA4
Tectoy	Toys
Telesp Telesp Telefônica Brasil is a brazilian telecommunications company subsidiary of Spanish Telefónica. The company was originally formed as part of Telebrás, the state-owned telecom monopoly at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and privatized, with Telefónica taking Telesp. From that time, Telesp...	Telecommunications	TLLP3, TLLP4
TIM Telecom Italia Mobile TIM is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and Brazil.In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance.TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro...	Telecommunications	TCSL3, TCSL4
Telequartz Telequartz The Telequartz Group of Mining Companies, founded by João Cosac in 1926, is Brazil's largest, longest-established and best-qualified miner, processor and exporter of rock crystals. Working also with other minerals, the group is the largest exporter of quartz in the world nowadays...	Mining
Total Linhas Aéreas Total Linhas Aereas Total Linhas Aéreas is an airline based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It operates regional passenger and cargo charter and air taxi services, as well as night mail flights on behalf of the Brazilian post.-History:...	Airlines
Transmissão Paulista Transmissão Paulista Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista is a Brazilian company that operates, maintains, expands and operates transmission systems of electric power utilities of old, leading to new companies. It was created from the breakup of Companhia Energética de São Paulo in 1999...	Utilities and infrastructure	TRPL3, TRPL4
TRIP Linhas Aéreas TRIP Linhas Aereas TRIP Linhas Aéreas S/A is a domestic regional airline based in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil in October 2011 Trip had 3.81% of the domestic market share in terms of passengers per kilometre flown.-History:The airline was established in 1998...	Airlines
Troller Troller Veículos Especiais S/A Troller Veículos Especiais S/A is a manufacturer of off-road vehicles in Brazil. It was founded in 1995, in Horizonte, Ceará. Troller T4 3.0 Turbodiesel is Troller's flagship...	Automakers and parts
TV Cultura TV Cultura TV Cultura is Brazilian television network headquartered in São Paulo and a part of Fundação Padre Anchieta. It focuses on cultural subjects but also has sports as entertainment options.- History :...	Media and entertainment

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
Ultrapar Ultrapar Ultrapar is a Brazilian group, with operations in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, USA and Venezuela, and differentiated position in the three segments in which to operate its business units: distribution of fuel through the Petroleo Ipiranga and Ultragaz , production of chemicals through Oxiteno and...	Energy and petrochemicals	UGPA3, UGPA4
Universo Online Universo Online UOL once known as Universo Online, is a Brazilian online service provider and internet service provider. It is the leader in Latin America and the homepage portal is the biggest in the Portuguese speaking world.UOL is currently ranked at Alexa TOP 100...	Internet service provider	UOLL3, UOLL4
Usiminas Usiminas Usiminas is a large producer of steel in the Americas, with major steel mills in Brazil with a total capacity of 9.5 million metric tons of steel per year. The company accounts for 28 % of total steel output in Brazil. Usiminas has an installed capacity of producing 9.5 million tons of crude...	Steel	USIM3, USIM5, USIM6

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
Vale	Mining	VALE3, VALE5
Varig Varig VARIG was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990 it was Brazil's leading and almost only international airline...	Airlines	VRG
Vivo	Telecommunications	VIVO3, VIVO4
Votorantim Votorantim Group Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others...	Conglomerate	VCPA3, VCPA4

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
WEG Industries WEG Industries WEG is an industry headquartered in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil, operating worldwide in the electric engineering, power and automation technology areas. The company produces electric motors, generators, transformers, drives and coatings. WEG has operations in around 100 countries, with approximately...	Industrial equipment and machinery	WEGE3
WebJet Linhas Aéreas WebJet Linhas Aéreas WebJet Linhas Aéreas S.A. is a lowcost Brazilian airline, based in Rio de Janeiro. It was owned by CVC, the largest travel company in Brazil, but was acquired in July 2011 by Gol Transportes Aéreos...	Airlines

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Company Company A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...	Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...	iBovespa
Zaffari	Retail

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