Brasília – The trade balance of Brazil in the third week of January 2011, from the 17th to the 23rd, generated a trade balance surplus of US$ 680 million, informed today (24) the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Exports in the period totalled US$ 4.272 billion and imports, US$ 3.592 billion.
In the month, the accumulated trade balance surplus rose from US$ 690 million, with a working day average of US$ 46 million.
*Translated by Mark Ament
