Brasília – In the second week of the month, Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.161 billion, and imports totalled US$ 3.439 billion. As a result, the trade surplus (positive result for exports minus imports) during the period was US$ 722 million. The data were disclosed today (12th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
So far in July, the trade surplus is US$ 946 million, resulting from US$ 5.687 billion in exports and US$ 4.741 billion in imports.
From January until the second week of July, exports totalled US$ 94.874 billion and imports, US$ 86.049 billion. The resulting trade surplus was US$ 8.825 billion, a figure 41.8% lower than in the same period of 2009 (US$ 15.164 billion).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
