As state companies recorded a primary deficit of R$8.3 billion between January and August 2025. The number is higher than the loss recorded in any year in the historical series, released by the BC (Banco Central).
presented this Wednesday (15), reignites debates about the management of state-owned companies in the current government.
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Correios appears inserted in a context in which the financial results of public companies as a whole are worsening: in 2022, the surplus of state-owned companies was R$6.1 billion; in 2023, the result was reversed into a deficit of R$2.2 billion; in 2024, the loss was R$8 billion.
Last year, they followed the Correios and caused losses to large state public accounts such as Emgepronof naval projects; the Infraeroworks and management at airports; the Serprodata processing; DataPrevinformation and technology for pensions; among others.
. The trend, for experts consulted by CNNis that the deficit will remain, especially as the election year approaches.
Check out the historical series:
- 2001: surplus of R$9.4 billion;
- 2002: surplus of R$4.97 billion;
- 2003: surplus of R$3.02 billion;
- 2004: surplus of R$2.3 billion;
- 2005: surplus of R$4.2 billion;
- 2006: surplus of R$4.8 billion;
- 2007: deficit of R$1.3 billion;
- 2008: surplus of R$1.7 billion;
- 2009: surplus of R$1.3 billion;
- 2010: surplus of R$2.3 billion;
- 2011: surplus of R$2.7 billion;
- 2012: deficit of R$2.6 billion;
- 2013: deficit of R$321.5 million;
- 2014: deficit of R$4.2 billion;
- 2015: deficit of R$4.3 billion;
- 2016: deficit of R$982.8 million;
- 2017: surplus of R$362 million;
- 2018: surplus of R$4.4 billion;
- 2019: surplus of R$11.8 billion;
- 2020: surplus of R$3.6 billion;
- 2021: surplus of R$2.9 billion
- 2022: surplus of R$6.1 billion;
- 2023: deficit of R$2.2 billion;
- 2024: deficit of R$8.07 billion;
- 2025 (until August): R$8.3 billion.
