2017 | 2016 | ||
Domestic suppliers | 1,973,668 | 1,620,388 | |
Foreign suppliers | 181,830 | 89,265 | |
2,155,498 | 1,709,653 |
Some Company’s subsidiaries acquire oil based fuels and LPG from Petrobras and its subsidiaries and ethylene from Braskem S.A. These suppliers control almost all of the markets for these products in Brazil.