Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus dropped to US$ 583 million in November, the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade announced this Thursday (1st). In October, the surplus was much higher, at US$ 2.355 billion.
Last month, exports stood at US$ 21.774 billion, at an average per working day of US$ 1.088 billion, 1.7% less than in October and 23.1% more than in the same month of 2010. Also in November, imports stood at US$ 21.191 billion, at an average of US$ 1.059 billion per working day. There was a 7.1% increase in the daily average when compared with the preceding month, and a 21.8% increase as against November 2010.
From January to November, the trade surplus was US$ 25.971 billion, there was a 75.3% increase over the same period of 2010 (US$ 14.813 billion). From January to November this year (229 working days), exports reached US$ 233.913 billion, averaging at US$ 1.021 billion per working day, a 28.7% increase over the same period of 2010.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
