Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus during the third week of June totalled US$ 1.131 billion, as a result of US$ 3.435 billion in exports and US$ 2.304 billion in imports, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the three weeks of June, the trade surplus totals US$ 3.076 billion. During the period, exports totalled US$ 9.477 billion and imports, US$ 6.401 billion.
From January until the third week of June this year, exports totalled US$ 64.961 billion, and imports, US$ 52.513 billion. The resulting trade surplus is US$ 12.448 billion, a figure 23.6% higher than in the same period of last year (US$ 10.074 billion).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum