Brasília – The surplus between the Brazilian inflow and outflow of dollars, up to the 24th of this month, Christmas eve, was US$ 2.152 billion positive, according to the exchange bulletin disclosed today (30) by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC). As the bulletin is published one week later, always on Wednesday, the December exchange flow, with the respective closing for the year, should only be published on January 13th, as tomorrow (31st), a Thursday and the last day of the year, the market will only operate part time.
The partial result for December was guaranteed mainly due to the financial flow (investment in bonds, stock exchanges, transfer abroad of profits and dividends, as well as foreign direct investment). The BC totalled an inflow of US$ 33.120 billion, against an outflow of US$ 29.758 billion, resulting in a surplus of US$ 3.362 billion.
The commercial movement generated a negative result, of US$ 1.211 billion in the month, as imports reached US$ 12.501 billion and exports totalled US$ 11.290 billion.
In the accumulated result for the year, the exchange flow is US$ 28.898 billion positive, resulting from a trade surplus of US$ 9.848 billion and a financial surplus of US$ 19.050 billion.
The BC also informed that dollar purchases on the spot market, up to November 24th, expanded foreign currency reserves by US$ 2.927 billion, elevating the country’s reserves to US$ 238.735 billion. Last Monday (28th), international reserves were a little higher, at US$ 238.864 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
