Brasília – Brazil posted a trade surplus of US$ 680 million in the second week of August, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. During that period, exports totalled US$ 3.192 billion and imports, US$ 2.512 billion.
Up until the second week this month, exports totalled US$ 6.466 billion and imports, US$ 4.851 billion. The trade surplus during the period was US$ 1.615 billion.
The trade surplus from January until the second week of August was US$ 18.528 billion, a figure 22.8% higher than in the same period of 2008 (US$ 15.083 billion). So far this year, exports total US$ 90.561 billion and imports, US$ 72.033 billion.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum