Brasília – The month of March began with a trade surplus of US$ 500 million, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the first week of the month, exports totalled US$ 3.379 billion and imports, US$ 2.879 billion.
From January to the first week of March, the trade surplus was US$ 727 million, 52% less than the surplus identified in the same period in 2009 (US$ 1.516 billion).
Exports so far this year, up to the end of last week, total US$ 26.881 billion, and imports, US$ 26.154 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
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