São Paulo – Exports from Brazil amounted to over USD 5 billion last week, while imports reached USD 3.2 billion, leading to a trade surplus of over USD 1.8 billion, as per numbers released this Monday (19) by the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. It was a four-day week – November 15 is Republic Proclamation Day, a national holiday in Brazil.
Average daily exports were up 3.7% compared with the first two weeks of November. Sales increased for finished goods (83.1%), but went down for semi-finished goods (-53%) and basic goods (-29.7%).
Average daily imports climbed 7.3%. Imports increased for fuels and lubricants, cereals and milling industry products, automobiles and their parts, steel and iron, and fertilizers.
Month-to-date through the third week of November, exports from Brazil reached USD 12.233 billion, with imports at USD 7.671 billion and an ensuing USD 4.562 billion surplus in trade. Year-to-date, through week 3, November, exports fetched USD 211.313 billion, imports added up to USD 159.115 billion, and the country saw a USD 52.2 billion trade surplus.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
