Brasília – In the fourth week of July, the Brazilian trade balance recorded a US$ 383 million surplus, i.e. positive result for exports minus imports, according to figures disclosed this Monday (25th) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
During the period, exports reached US$ 5.224 billion, at a daily average per working day of US$ 1.044 billion. Imports reached US$ 4.841 billion, at a daily average of US$ 968.2 million.
Up until the fourth week of the month, the trade surplus was US$ 3.134 billion, as a result of US$ 17.524 billion in exports (average of US$ 1.095 billion per working day) and US$ 14.390 billion in imports (daily average of US$ 899.4 million).
From January until the fourth week of July, the surplus reached US$ 16.1 billion, as against US$ 9.371 billion in the same period of 2010. From January 1st until last week, exports totalled US$ 135.827 billion, at a daily average per working day of US$ 970.2 million. Imports totalled US$ 119.727 billion (average per working day of US$ 855.2 million).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
