Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Exports from Brazil amounted to US$ 2.762 billion last week, a 3.79% decrease compared with foreign sales for the week before. During the same period, imports reached US$ 2.056 billion, a 2.14% decrease, resulting in a balance of US$ 706 million between March 12th and 16th, with a daily average of US$ 141.2 million.
The monthly balance rose to US$ 1.695 billion, and the yearly balance went up to US$ 7.064 billion, a 9.11% decrease compared with the surplus (positive trade balance) recorded in the same period last year. The figures were disclosed today (19) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 27.920 billion this year, a 13.73% increase over exports in 2006; imports reached US$ 20.856 billion, a 24,31% increase.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
