Brasília – The outflow of dollars from Brazil exceeded the inflow by US$ 799 million from April 1st to 13th, according to foreign exchange figures disclosed this Wednesday (18th) by the Central Bank of Brazil.
Investment in bonds, stock, profit and dividend remittance to foreign countries and other operations accounted for the foreign exchange deficit according to preliminary figures for this month. During the period, the operations above accounted for a US$ 2.41 billion deficit.
Export and import operations, i.e. the flow of trade recorded a surplus of US$ 1.611 billion.
From January until April 13th, a US$ 17.928 billion foreign exchange surplus was recorded, as against US$ 35.697 billion during the same period of. In preliminary figures for this year, a US$ 6.385 billion surplus was recorded for investment in bonds, stock, profit and dividend remittance to foreign countries and other operations, and the trade balance posted a US$ 11.543 billion surplus.
The Central Bank has also informed that spot market dollar purchases have led to a US$ 1.157 billion increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves from April 1st to 13th.
*Tradução de Gabriel Pomerancblum
