Potential Activities

• Beekeeping
• Fruit Farming
• Handicrafts
• Dairy farming
• Retail Trade
• Maniculture
• Civil Construction
• Sheep and Goat Farming
• Flower Farming
• Tourism

Integrated Development Cluster – West of the State of Bahia

The West Cluster of Bahia, with an area of 46,078.7 km² and a population of 244,616 inhabitants, represents today one of the greatest development clusters of the agro-industrial complex in the grassland areas, having as its economic axis grain production. In this scenario we highlight soy beans farming, fruit farming, coffee farming, cotton farming and cattle farming.

As a result of the natural resources and competitive advantages which drive its sphere of influence, the West Cluster of Bahia, formed by the municipalities of Barreiras, Correntina, Luis Eduardo Magalhães, Riachão das Neves, Santa Maria da Vitória and São Desidério, has other potentials which attract increasing investments of the government and private investors, internal and external, such as: expansion of irrigation and of the agro-industrial complex installed; good quality and low cost arable land for production of rice, sweet corn, soy beans, coffee and cotton; supply of grains and meat for human and industrial consumption; advanced technology for processing of grains, coffee and cotton; labor available and organized rural producers; large water basin, with 32 perennial rivers, flowing towards the Rio Grande.

Access to the Cluster is via regular air and road transport services, with an airport and paved roads interconnecting the different locations.

The Cluster also has a well-structured bank network and diverse telecommunications services, including mobile telephone services, TV station and AM and FM radio.

There is also a flat landscape, which enables mechanization and areas which are ideal for irrigation.

Complementary activities linked to production and sale of machinery, equipment and implements, production and retail of inputs in general and those related to industrialization of grains, processing of cotton such as textile plants and industries, warehouses, transport companies and trade corporations.

Several other business appear, for provision of specialized consulting services, project offices, water, soil and leaf analysis laboratories, mechanized patrols, labor, trade and other companies.

Auxiliary activities provide opportunities for hotels, restaurants and leisure infrastructure. 

Tourism Cluster – Discovery Coast

The Discovery Coast Pole, located in the south of Bahia, encompasses 08 municipalities, benefiting 267 thousand people, corresponding to the resident population.

It is on the Discovery coast that Brazil’s history begins, with the arrival of Cabral in 1500 and the first mass held at Coroa Vermelha, between the cities of Porto Seguro and Santa Cruz Cabrália. It is also here that the concepts of history, “Brazilianness” and “Tropicalism” (popular cultural movements) come together, integrating Bahia and all of Brazil in the details of its origins and the natural beauty of the environment.

With its historic cultural and natural wealth, represented by the diversity of ecosystems and an extensive coast, the meso-region brings together conditions to offer the international tourist market a range of special high-quality products, particularly in terms of leisure, cultural tourism and eco-tourism.

The Discovery Coast Pole today presents opportunities for investment in infrastructure, training and tourist / cultural facilities, such as: bus terminals, water and sewage networks, power, telephone services, airports, river port terminals, hospitals and health centers, hotel enterprises, convention centers, theme parks, restaurants and environmental protection activities. 

Infrastructure

Railways

The rail system in the State of Bahia is part of the so-called Mid-West network of the National Privatization Program and encompasses three old Regional Areas of the Federal Rail Network, that is, SR2 (Belo Horizonte), SR7 (Salvador) and SR8 (Campos). This stretch comprises the main rail connection between the Southeast Region and the Northeast and Mid-West Regions of the country.

Airports

Bahia has two international airports: Salvador Airport (Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães) and that of Porto Seguro.

The State also has regional airports, including those at Valença, Comandatuba, Lençóis, Barreiras, Bom Jesus da Lapa, Guanambi, Vitória da Conquista and Paulo Afonso.

Ports

The set of maritime port facilities in Bahia may be defined as follows:

Facilities in operation:

• Ports administered by the Bahia Dock Company (CODEBA) - Salvador, Aratu and Ilhéus
• Private terminals - Temadre (Petrobrás), Dow Química, Usiba and Belmonte (Veracel) and Caravelas (Aracruz)

Facilities under construction:

• Ponta da Laje (Ford)

Facilities in planning phase:

• Odebrecht/ICL bulk terminal, Moinho Dias Branco Terminal and Braskem Terminal

Fiscal Incentives

1) The Program for Industrial Development and Economic Integration – DESENVOLVE – with a view to stimulating and diversifying the industrial base of the State, forming industrial clusters in economic regions and integrating productive chains essential for economic and social development as well as employment and income generation in the State. The incentives of the DESENVOLVE Program seek to stimulate the establishment of new industries and the expansion, reactivation or modernization of industrial enterprises already installed, generating new products or processes, improvement of technological characteristics and reduction of cost of existing products or processes.

2) State Program for Cultural Incentives - FAZCULTURA – for the purpose of promoting incentives for research, study, publication of works and artistic-cultural productions. Promote the acquisition, maintenance, conservation, restoration, production and construction of assets and property of artistic, historical and cultural interest.

3) FIRST JOB PROGRAM – seeking to stimulate generation fo new jobs for employment of youths in the age group from 18 to 25 years, by companies located in the State of Bahia and enrolled as a normal contributor in the register of Payers of Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services – ICMS in the State of Bahia (CAD-ICMS).

More information

www.embasa.ba.gov.br

www.promobahia.com.br

www.chesf.gov.br

www.bahia.com.br

www.coelba.com.br

www.transportes.gov.br/bit/aeroportos/

www.codevasf.gov.br/

www.bahiainvest.com.br