Brasília – Foreign exchange flows in Brazil had a US$ 9.287 billion deficit in 2014, the Brazilian Central Bank has reported this Wednesday (07), meaning that the amount of outbound US dollars exceeded the amount of inbound ones. In December, the deficit stood at US$ 14 billion.
The yearly deficit stemmed from financial operations (investment in bonds, profit and dividend remittances to foreign countries and foreign direct investment, among other operations), with a US$ 13.424 billion deficit.
Foreign trade (export- and import-related money exchange operations) ran a US$ 4.137 billion surplus.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
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