A Greater Houston PartnershipJohn Cuttino

Brazil RepresentativeGreater Houston PartnershipRioInfo 2010 * Rio de Janeiro

1 de setembro de 2010

A Greater Houston Partnership é a principal defensora da comunidade de negócios de Houston e dedica-se a promover a prosperidade econômicaregional.

Opportunity Houston℠ é nosso agressivo programade marketing e geração de negócios de cinco anos. Ele é o veículo através do qual a Partnership estáajudando a ampliar o número de empregos, aumentar o investimento de capital e expandir o comércio exterior da região até 2015.

Quem somos?

Houston e a Localização Estrategica

300 miles 482 km

500 miles 804 km

1000 miles 1609 km

• Condando Harris–

Largest in the Houston 10-county region

3rd maior dos EUA

• Houston –

Maior cidade no Texas

4a maior dos EUA

• População – 5,7 Milhões

• 2040 13 Milhões

• Aeroespacial e aviação

• Biotecnologia e ciênciasbiológicas

• Energia e petroquímica

• Tecnologia de informação

• Nanotecnologia

• Logística, transporte e distribuição

Diretrizes

Greater Houston Partnership

Serviços

•B2B e Matchmaking

•Procura de imóveis

• Viagens de seleção de localização

•Reuniões de preparação e orientação

•Solicitações de incentivos

•Processamento de permissões e certificações

•Pesquisa de mercado, dados regionais e análise

Texas Enterprise Fund

Texas Emerging Technology Fund

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

Skills Development Fund

Economic and Infrastructure Development Grants

Incentivos Fiscais

Foreign Trade Zones *

• 6 Zones, 23 Subzones• Volume anual = $78.8 billion• Exportações = $2.3 billion• 249 empresas

Redução da Carga Tributaria:• Local Property Tax Phase-In programs• Sales Tax Exemptions for Manufacturers• Sales Tax Rebates• Texas Economic Development Act• Pollution-Control Property Tax Abatements

* Source: National Association of Foreign Trade Zones

Incentivos Fiscais

COST OF LIVING COMPARISIONSThird Quarter 2009

Average for 320 Urban Areas = 100

MSA Total Groceries Housing Utilities TransportationHealth

Care

Misc.

Goods & Svcs

Los Angeles 143.7 105.4 236.1 94.2 115.7 108.9 105.4

New York 153.4 120.5 232.2 144.3 109.4 114.9 118.6

Portland, OR 103.9 103.7 105.2 96.0 108.0 110.5 103.1

Miami 109.5 107.4 125.1 92.3 109.7 107.3 101.8

Seattle 113.8 112.5 130.2 86.0 112.1 121.5 107.9

Atlanta 94.0 96.9 87.1 85.0 97.4 105.3 99.0

Houston, TX 89.3 86.2 74.0 104.6 94.4 95.3 97.0

Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, 3rd Qtr 2009 (Published Nov.2009)

Houston: Vantagens

SAMPLE TAX COMPARISONS

MSA State Personal State Corporate

Income Tax

MSA % Union Members

(Private Sector)

Right to

Work State?**

Los Angeles, CA 1% - 9.3% 8.84% 10.6% No

New York, NY 4% - 6.8% 7.1% 13.0% No

Portland, OR 5% - 9% 6.6% 9.8% No

Miami, FL None 5.5% 1.9% Yes

Seattle, WA None None 13.2% No

Atlanta, GA 1% -6% 6.0% 2.9% Yes

Houston, TX None None* 2.79% Yes

*Texas has a franchise tax. Does not apply to all companies.

** Employees in states that are “Right to Work” have a choice to join a union or not.

Source: All States Tax Handbook, 2009; Union Membership and Earnings Data Book, 2009

Houston: Vantagens

Houston e Brasil Comércio Exterior

2008 BRASIL: BALANÇO COMERCIAL

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Source: Sistema Alice, Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce and U.S. Census Bureau

Country Trade Balance Exports Imports

1. USA $53,048,252,664 $27,423,048,799 $25,625,203,865

2. China $36,444,130,343 $16,403,038,989 $20,041,091,354

3. Argentina $30,863,546,581 $17,605,620,920 $13,257,925,661

4. Germany $20,876,557,237 $8,850,809,527 $12,025,747,710

5. Japan $12,921,251,880 $6,114,519,602 $6,806,732,278

6. Holland $11,959,688,720 $10,482,595,244 $1,477,093,476

7a. Houston $9,927,000,000 $4,334,500,000 $5,592,500,000

7. Italy $9,377,330,023 $4,765,047,181 $4,612,282,842

8. Chile $8,870,334,960 $4,791,703,200 $4,078,631,760

9. France $8,803,601,213 $4,125,539,839 $4,678,061,374

10. South Korea $8,531,256,325 $3,118,567,635 $5,412,688,690

11. Russia $7,984,911,825 $4,652,978,889 $3,331,932,936

12. Mexico $7,406,417,669 $4,281,324,607 $3,125,093,062

13. Spain $6,517,820,330 $4,045,886,632 $2,471,933,698

14. Venezuela $6,168,387,071 $5,150,187,992 $1,018,199,079

15. Belgium $6,065,694,054 $4,422,185,803 $1,643,508,251

2009 BRASIL: BALANÇO COMERCIAL

Country Total Exports Imports

1 China $36,914,850,059 $21,003,886,286 $15,910,963,773

2 USA $35,632,010,658 $15,601,628,031 $20,030,382,627

3 Argentina $24,066,311,309 $12,784,966,502 $11,281,344,807

4 Germany $16,042,599,539 $6,174,959,596 $9,867,639,943

5 Japan $9,637,429,809 $4,269,694,690 $5,367,735,119

6 Holland $9,122,578,498 $8,150,135,304 $972,443,194

7a Houston $8,419,518,901 $3,752,774,189 $4,666,744,712

7 South Korea $7,440,588,951 $2,622,284,922 $4,818,304,029

8 Italy $6,680,290,829 $3,016,154,168 $3,664,136,661

9 France $6,521,243,414 $2,905,454,953 $3,615,788,461

10 U.K. $6,130,988,631 $3,723,243,170 $2,407,745,461

11 Nigeria $5,827,077,096 $1,066,462,807 $4,760,614,289

12 India $5,606,135,391 $3,415,040,261 $2,191,095,130

13 Mexico $5,459,430,264 $2,675,888,299 $2,783,541,965

14 Chile $5,331,379,754 $2,656,793,690 $2,674,586,064

15 Spain $4,592,751,691 $2,637,393,150 $1,955,358,541

16 Belgium $4,291,917,231 $1,153,954,287 $3,137,962,944

17 Russia $4,280,687,758 $2,868,561,150 $1,412,126,608

18 Venezuela $4,191,932,569 $3,610,339,282 $581,593,287

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Source: Sistema Alice, Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce and U.S. Census Bureau

• 13,3 % refino- Houston

• 48 % mercado de trabalho –energia

• Mais de 3 mil empresas

• 500 E&P

• Centro de logística- 4 mi barris/dia

Indústria de Petroléo e Gás: Destaques

• 262 fabricantes de computadores e eletronica

• 400 developers de software

• 138 publishers

• 253 empresas de data processing e hosting

• Motores:

•Energia

•NASA e Johnson Space Center

•Texas Medical Center

• Integradores de sistemas: $293 mi em 2008

Indústria da TI

• Atos Origin

• BMC Software, Inc.

• Cimarron

• Cisco Systems, Inc.

• CSC

• GHG Corporation

• IBM

• IDEA Integration

• Invensys Systems, Inc./SimSci-Esscor

• Logica North America, Inc.

Indústria da Software: Empresas

• Microsoft

• NetlQ, An Attachmate Company

• Oracle Corp.

• PROS

• Reynolds & Reynolds

• SAIC – Science Applications

International Corp.

• Schlumberger Information

Solutions

• Symantec Corporation

• The Planet

• The Structure Group

• Ultra-deepwater drilling

• Downhole oil water separation

• Intelligent wells

• MonoDiameter wells

• Permanent downholemonitoring

• 4-D Seismic

•Rotary closed-loop drilling systems

• Micro e nanotecnologia

Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento: Petroléo e Gás

• Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell,

Baker Hughes, Weatherford e

Schlumberger

• Houston Advanced Energy

Consortium

•Rice University

• Universidade do Texas em

Austin

• Houston Technology Center

• Marine Technology Society

• Internacionalização da empresa brasileira

• Comercialização das tecnologias

• Pesquisa e desenvolvimento: Inovação

• Intercâmbio: Os APLs com os Clusters (ParquesTecnologicos)

• University of Texas, Texas A&M, Rice, University of Houston

• Houston Technology Center e incubadoras regionais

GHP e Brasil: Oportunidades

GHP e Brasil: Oportunidades

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Obrigado.

John CuttinoBrazil RepresentativeGreater Houston PartnershipAv. Paulista, 2300 – Andar PilotisSao Paulo – SP BrazilCEP: 01310-300Tel. (11) 2847-4931jcuttino@portal-commerce.com