Brazil’s GDP in 2018 was US$1.6 trillion. The country’s economy is composed of services (the main productive sector), followed by industry (e.g.: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, vehicles etc.); and agriculture (e.g.: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus and beef) (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2019i, 2019h).

References:

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. (2019h). Produto Interno Bruto—PIB | IBGE. https://www.ibge.gov.br/explica/pib.php

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. (2019i). SIDRA – Tabela 1846: Valores a preços correntes.