Brasília – The balance between the Brazilian inflow and outflow of dollars, the exchange flow, is US$ 11.871 billion positive up to the 24th of September, the Central Bank of Brazil disclosed today (29).
The result comes from the financial flow (investment in shares, transfer of profits and dividends abroad and foreign direct investment, among other operations) and the trade flow (export and import exchange operations).
In the financial sector, the larger volume of funds flowing in than out generated a surplus of US$ 14.456 billion, the largest ever since the Central Bank started recording the figures, in 1982. The great inflow of dollars was due to the capital increase of oil company Petrobras. In the commercial sector, the result was US$ 2.585 billion negative.
From January to September 24th, the exchange flow is US$ 15.266 billion positive, against US$ 7.969 billion registered in the same period in 2009. In the period, the financial flow was US$ 19.3 billion positive and the trade flow, US$ 4.034 billion negative.
The Central Bank also informs that dollar purchases on the sport market elevated international reserves by US$ 9.432 billion up to September 24th, the largest result observed in months of September. In August, dollar purchases elevated foreign currency reserves by US$ 3.042 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
