Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus from January to September totalled US$ 21.275 billion, a figure 8.1% higher than recorded in the same period of last year (US$ 19.686 billion), as informed today (1st) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
From January to September, exports totalled US$ 111.783 billion and imports, US$ 90.508 billion.
In September alone, the trade surplus was US$ 1.330 billion, with US$ 13.864 billion in exports and US$ 12.534 billion in imports. In the last two weeks of last month, a trade deficit was recorded.
In the fourth week of September, the deficit was US$ 23 million, as imports (US$ 3.257 billion) exceeded exports (US$ 3.234 billion). In the fifth week of the month, the trade deficit was US$ 10 million, with US$ 1.878 billion in exports and US$ 1.888 billion in imports.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
