Brasília – After having showed signs of recovery in June, the Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 2.928 billion in July this year, a figure 12% lower than recorded in the same period last year year (US$ 3.329 billion), according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. In June, the trade surplus had totalled US$ 4.625 billion, the highest since December 2006 (US$ 5.052 billion).
In July, exports totalled US$ 14.143 billion and imports, US$ 11.215 billion. In the fifth week of the month (from the 27th to the 31st), with five business days, the trade surplus was US$ 124 million, the result of US$ 2.631 billion in exports and US$ 2.507 billion in imports.
From January to July, with 145 business days, the Brazilian trade surplus was US$ 16.913 billion, a figure 15.6% higher than recorded in the same period last year (US$ 14.630 billion). Exports in the first seven months this year totalled US$ 84.095 billion, and imports, US$ 67.182 billion.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
