Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Brazilian exports amounted to US$ 2.98 billion last week, a 7.89% increase compared with the week before, whereas imports reached US$ 2.322 billion, a 12.94% increase. The trade flow resulted in a positive balance of US$ 658 million for the week. The accumulated surplus for the month reached US$ 2.353 billion. The figures were disclosed today (26) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Trade balance for the year reached US$ 7.722 billion, a 10% decrease compared with the same period last year.
This year, exports totalled US$ 30.9 billion, a 13.97% increase over the same period in 2006. Imports saw a much greater increase. They amounted to US$ 23.178 billion up until now, a 25.45% increase.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
