São Paulo – Brazil recorded a surplus of US$ 969 million between the North American currency inflow over outflow in April up to the 10th. According to the period performance released by the Brazilian Central Bank this Wednesday (15th), the financial account was responsible for the surplus. This calculation includes investment operations in bonds, profit and dividends remittances and foreign direct investment. Based on it, the country registered a surplus of US$ 1.1 billion until the 10th.
Meanwhile, the trading account, in which the currency exchange operations linked to exports and imports are recorded, showed a negative result in April. Until April 10th, US$ 138 million left the country by this calculation. Year-on-date, the forex flow shows a positive result of US$ 5.73 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
