Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, i.e. flow of exchange, showed a surplus of US$ 1.530 billion in March, up until the 26th, according to data disclosed today (31st) by the Central Bank.
Year-to-date, the result is a US$ 2.206 billion surplus, as against a deficit of US$ 3.145 billion during the same period of last year.
In March, investment in bonds, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, among other operations, ran a deficit of US$ 424 million, whereas the trade flow (export and import operations and foreign trade financing) showed a surplus of US$ 1.954 billion.
From January until the 26th this month, investment in bonds, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, among other operations, recorded a US$ 2.677 billion surplus, and the flow of trade ran a US$ 471 million deficit.
The Central Bank also informed that spot market dollar purchases raised the Brazilian foreign reserves by US$ 2.815 billion, up until the 26th. In February this year, the figure was US$ 350 million.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
