São Paulo – In the third week of July, Brazilian exports amounted to US$ 4.94 billion, at a daily average of US$ 988 million. The figure is up 6.4% from the second week of July, when the average was US$ 928.9 million. The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade issued the figures this Monday (23rd).
The products whose exports increased the most were basic items such as soybean, crude oil, maize in grain, chicken meat, coffee beans, tobacco leaves, and copper ore. Exports of these basic items increased 9.1%.
Exports manufactured goods were up 9%, driven by fuel oils, automobiles, refined sugar, auto parts, ethanol, cargo vehicles, aircraft, and flat-rolled steel.
During the period, imports amounted to US$ 4.182 billion, at a daily average of US$ 836.4 million, 2.5% down from the average for the first two weeks of July, which was US$ 857.7 million. In the third week of July, the balance of trade showed a US$ 758 million surplus.
Month-to-date, exports amounted to US$ 14.229 billion, at a daily average of US$ 948.6 million, down 10.5% from the average for July 2011, which was US$ 1.059 billion. The daily average is down 2% from the average for June this year, which was US$ 967.7 million.
From January until the third week of July, Brazilian exports amounted to US$ 131.44 billion, at a daily average of US$ 938.9 million, down 3% from the same period of 2011 (US$ 967.4 million).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
