São Paulo – Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 3.408 billion last week, or US$ 681.6 million per working day, a 7.5% decrease in relation to the previous weeks in January. Imports added up to US$ 5.01 billion, an increase by 10.4% using the same comparison period.
The country thus registered a US$ 1.602 billion trade balance deficit during the period, and increased the month’s negative result to US$ 3.651 billion. The information was released this Monday (27) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC).
According to the Ministry, there was a drop in exports of basic products, such as poultry, corn, soy chaff and oil; and of semi-manufactured products such as crude sugar, cellulose pulp, sawed wood and semi-worked gold. There was an increase, however, in shipments of manufactured goods, such as aircrafts, excavation machinery, auto parts, aluminum oxides and hydroxides, and cargo vehicles.
On the other hand, there was an increase in imports of fuels and lubricants, electronic devices, vehicles and auto parts.
In the months accumulated value, exports yielded US$ 12.249 billion, a drop by 0.7% in relation to the same month last year, using the daily average. Imports, in turn, added up to US$ 15.9 billion, an increase by 2.8% using the same comparison.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
