Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Data disclosed today (14th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development show that, last week, the Brazilian balance of trade posted a surplus of US$ 319 million, with exports totalling US$ 3.072 billion and imports, US$ 2.753 billion. In the result for the month, the accumulated surplus was greater than US$ 1.161 billion, and for the year it reached US$ 3.998 billion.
The accumulated balance of trade surplus for the year in Brazil, up until the second week of April, is almost US$ 6.5 billion lower than recorded during the same period in 2007.
In a comparison with the accumulated result in the same period last year, export value grew 14.1% on average per business day, and import value rose 41.4%.
With regard to the accumulated surplus, which was reduced from US$ 10.484 billion to US$ 3.998 billion using the same basis for comparison, the average per business day decreased 61.3%, from US$ 147.7 million to US$ 57.1 million.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
