From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 1.943 billion on the third week of January and imported US$ 1.474 billion, which resulted in a trade surplus of US$ 469 billion. In the accumulated value for the month of January, with 15 working days, shipments added up to US$ 6.135 billion, external purchases US$ 4.386 billion, resulted in a surplus of 1.749 billion. The information was released today (23) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
The working day average for exports is at US$ 409 million in January, an increase in 15.4% in comparison to January 2005, but a drop in 17.4% in relation to December. The imports average, in turn, is at 292.4 million, an increase in 16.7% against the same month last year, but a drop in 1.8% in comparison to December.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
