Agência Brasil*
Brasília – In the third week of September, between the 17th and 23rd, the trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) was US$ US$ 414 million, with foreign sales of US$ 3.272 billion and purchases of US$ 2.858 billion. In the month, the trade balance surplus has already reached US$ 2.08 billion.
According to figures disclosed today (24) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, in the year to date, the trade balance result has reached US$ 29.593 billion in 183 working days, a reduction of 7.1% in comparison with the first nine months of last year.
Although exports grew 18.9% in comparison with the period from January to September 2006, imports maintained an accelerated rhythm of growth, having risen 32% in the same comparison.
Up to the third week of September, exports have reached US$ 112.3 billion and imports US$ 82.73 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
