Brasília – After two consecutive months of deficit, the inflow of dollars into the country exceeded the outflow in April. The surplus in the foreign currency flow was USD 6.515 billion according to data released this Wednesday by the Brazilian Central Bank (BC).
The majority of the surplus came from the commercial flow (import/export-related foreign exchange operations) with USD 6.017 billion. The financial flow (investments in bonds, profit and dividends remittances and foreign direct investments, among other operations) had a surplus of USD 498 million last month.
In the first four months of the year, the foreign exchange flow registers a deficit of USD 3.847 billion. The commercial forex flow has a surplus of USD 13.045 billion, and the financial forex flow, a deficit of USD 16.892 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
