Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade (exports minus imports) posted a surplus of US$ 4.077 billion in the month of May, after 20 business days. Exports totalled US$ 19.306 billion and imports, US$ 15.229 billion. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In the last week of May, exports were equivalent to US$ 4.456 billion and imports, to US$ 3.339 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of US$ 1.117 billion.
In the accumulated result for the year so far, the trade surplus stands at US$ 8.655 billion, with foreign sales of US$ 72.054 billion and imports of US$ 63.399 billion. A trade surplus of US$ 16.758 billion was recorded during the same period last year.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
