Brasília – Brazil registered a net outflow (inflow already discounted) of US$ 399 million in February, according to figures disclosed today (3) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC). In the same month last year, there was net inflow of US$ 841 million.
The negative result was influenced by a US$ 2.285 billion outflow of dollars for commercial operations (exports, imports and financing to the sector). In the financial sector (investment in shares, transfer of profits and dividends abroad and foreign direct investment, among other operations) there was a net inflow of US$ 1.886 billion.
In the accumulated result for the year, there was net inflow of US$ 676 million. In the same period last year, there was outflow of US$ 2.177 billion. In the period, exchange operations registered net outflow of US$ 2.425 billion, whereas financial operations resulted in an inflow of US$ 3.101 billion.
The BC also informs that dollar purchases on the spot market expanded international reserves by US$ 350 million in February this year. In January, the total was US$ 1.709 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
