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sified. There is no product or type of product that contributes an oversized part to the GDP. It has not been always that way. Earlier, the economy was clearly agricultural dominated as those were the only products for which a demand on the world market existed and an inland demand was simply not available. At the end of the 19th century, and industrialization process began that lead to the actual state of the economy that can be described as a far developed system in all parts.

The central aspects of the economy are the cultivation of sugar, coffee and cacao, mining and the oil production as well as a growing producing industry [4] on its way to be more than only a cheap solution but a real alternative to the well established products.

Sugar has ever been, from the start of the colonization by Portugal, one of the main product of Brazil. Today, Brazil is the most important sugar producer and exporter in the world. As well, the per capita consumption of sugar is the highest worldwide. [5]

Coffee and cacao are the other important agricultural products. Brazil provides perfect conditions fur the cultivation in the northern part of the country with a lot of sun all the year.

Brazil is, ahead of Vietnam, the biggest producer of coffee in the world [6] . The cacao production is compared to the world market leaders, the Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana a small one [7] , but still important as its often combined with the cultivation of coffee and could be an option for future growth as the big cacao producers suffer from reports about work conditions similar to slavery and even worse, child work on cacao farms. But this is as well a Brazilian problem, although it may be solved due to the changes within the brazilian society and economic system. [8]

The big natural resources available, especially petroleum and iron, but also Manganese, Coal, Bauxite, Nickel, Tin, Silver, Diamonds, Gold, Natural gas and also Uranium provide a wide base for industrial production and the export of those raw materials. [9]

The oil production is the ninth biggest in the world, while only a little part of it is exported (rank 27 worldwide). [10] This is one good example for the proceeded development of Brazils economy as many other developing countries are not capable of the further use of petroleum. The reserves are the worlds 15th biggest, which is, compared to the big reserves in Saudi Arabia, Iraq or Iran, not very much, but still enough to grant a stable and cheap supply for al least the next 20 years, given a constantly growing inland demand. [11] The biggest oil-producing company, Petrobras, enjoys a de facto-monopol for petroleum in Brazil and the majority of the shares is hold by the state, providing a useful income every year. [12]

The production of iron, also an important part of industrialization, takes part in Brazil as well. The iron ore production is the second biggest in the world [13] , the further production of steel is the ninth biggest in the world. [14]

So, at all, the main elements of the economy are still to be found in the first and second sector, but Brazil was already able to make the step from a raw material exporter to a raw material user, as the production of iron and the inland use of petroleum show. Till today, the biggest firms are active in those sectors. The development of the services to a