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  2. Port of Manaus - Wikipedia

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    The Port of Manaus is a riverport located on the Rio Negro in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The Port of Manaus is an important commercial center for ocean-going vessels traveling the Amazon. In fact, it is the main transport hub for the entire upper Amazon basin. It imports beef from the hinterlands and exports hides and leather.

  3. Manaus - Wikipedia

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    Manaus is the sixth-largest economy in Brazil. According to IBGE in 2014, its GDP was R$67,5 billion. [58] The per capita income for the city was R$33,446. [59] Although the main industry of Manaus through much of the 20th century was rubber, its importance has declined.

  4. Greater Manaus - Wikipedia

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    The Manaus Free Trade Zone (MFTZ), which is regulated by Decree-Law No. 288/1967, was conceived as a free import and export trade area with special tax incentives. It was set up with the object of creating an industrial, commercial and agricultural center in the hinterland of the Amazon Region, which would be equipped with economic conditions ...

  5. Free Economic Zone of Manaus - Wikipedia

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    The new Decree-Law stipulated that the Manaus Free Trade Zone would have an area of 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) with an industrial centre as well as an agricultural center and that these would be given the economic means to allow for regional development in order to lift the Amazon out of the economic isolation that it had fallen into at that ...

  6. Amazon rubber cycle - Wikipedia

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    The European influence later became notable in Manaus and Belém, in the architecture and culture; and the two cities enjoyed their greatest economies and influence in the 19th century. The Amazon Basin was the source in the era for nearly 40% of all Brazil's exports. The new riches of Manaus made the city the world capital in the sale of diamonds.

  7. Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil ...

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    The port of Manaus, the region's most populous city, at the meeting of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, recorded 13.59 meters (44.6 ft) of water on Monday compared to 17.60 a year ago ...

  8. Category:Foreign trade of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Free Economic Zone of Manaus; L. List of exports of Brazil; M. Mercosur; Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services

  9. FACT CHECK: No, Joe Biden Did Not Wander Into The Amazon ...

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    US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating November 17 as International Conservation Day during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia as he visits the Amazon Rainforest in Manaus, Brazil ...