Brasília – Brazil’s external accounts ended April with a surplus. According to data from the Brazilian Central Bank (BC) made available this Tuesday (23), the surplus registered by the current accounts, the sum of the trade of goods and services and income transfers between the country and abroad, reached USD 1.153 billion. It’s the second consecutive month with a surplus and the one with the best results since April 2007 (USD 1.744 billion).
The positive result was driven up by the trade balance record surplus, which reached USD 6.742 billion. The primary income account (profits and dividends, payment of interestes and wages) and the services account (international travelling, etc) had negative results. The secondary income account (donations and remittances, among others) had a surplus of USD 152 million.
From January to April, the current account posted a deficit USD 3.5 billion, against USD 7.184 billion in the same period of last year.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani