Brasília – Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.768 billion last week, while imports reached US$ 4.517 billion, which resulted in a surplus of US$ 251 million. The figures were disclosed on Monday (18) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the month, the trade surplus (exports minus imports) totals US$ 1.060 billion, or an average of US$ 96.4 million per working day up to Friday (15). This average is 50.2% higher than that obtained in the same month last year, and 30.3% higher than March.
In the accumulated result for the year, the trade balance surplus totals US$ 4.229 billion, as a result of exports of US$ 62.103 billion and imports of US$ 57.874 billion, according to the general figures disclosed by the Ministry.
*Translated by Mark Ament
