Brasília – The outflow of dollars from the country exceeded the inflow by US$ 212 million this month, up to Friday (13), according to a press statement disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC) on Wednesday (18).
The negative exchange flow came from the trade sector (operations related to exports and imports), in which the outflow was US$ 1.01 billion greater than the inflow.
The financial sector (investment in papers, shares, profit and dividend transfer abroad, among other operations) recorded a positive result of US$ 798 million in the period.
From January to July 13, the exchange flow generated a positive result of US$ 22.731 billion. The financial flow had a positive result of US$ 3.607 billion and the trade flow, US$ 19.124 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
