Brasilia – The amount of dollars that left Brazil in January surpassed the amount that entered, up to last Friday (17). According to information from the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), released this Wednesday (22), the deficit is now at US$ 1.894 billion.
The greatest part of the deficit comes from the financial flow (investments in bonds, profits and dividends sent abroad and direct foreign investments, among other transactions), which reached US$ 1.782 billion. The commercial flow (foreign exchange transactions related to exports and imports), in turn, registered a deficit of US$ 112 million.
The foreign exchange flow at the end of 2013 showed a negative result of US$ 12.261 billion, against the US$ 16.753 billion surplus registered in the previous year. It was the greatest forex deficit since 2002.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
