Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus (exports minus imports) reached US$ 1.257 billion in the second week of September, as a result of US$ 5.073 billion in foreign sales and US$ 3.816 billion in foreign purchases.
So far this month, the surplus has reached US$ 1.552 billion, with exports of US$ 9.626 billion and imports of US$ 8.074 billion. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the accumulated result for the year so far, exports total to US$ 140.469 billion and imports, US$ 122.010. Trade surplus stood at US$ 18.459 billion, a figure 36.6% lower than recorded in the same period last year (US$ 29.127 billion).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
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