Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Brazilian exports totalled US$ 3.332 billion last week, a US$ 53 million reduction compared to the previous week. On the other hand, imports stood at US$ 3.142 billion, a higher value than recorded in the week before (US$ 2.624 billion).
Thus, the balance of trade (exports minus imports) recorded a surplus of US$ 190 million. The surplus for the previous week was US$ 761 million. The data were disclosed today (17th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the accumulated result for the month, the trade balance surplus stands at US$ 951 million, with exports at US$ 6.717 billion and imports at US$ 5.766 billion. The average surplus per business day is US$ 95.1 million.
In the accumulated result for the year, exports reached US$ 153.136 billion and imports, US$ 115.785 billion, with a surplus of US$ 37.351 billion. The trade balance surplus until the second week of December is 10.7% lower than recorded during the same period last year, with imports growing at a higher rate (37%) than exports (21.2%).
According to estimates by financial market analysts heard by the Central Bank, the balance of trade surplus should reach US$ 40.15 billion this year.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum