Brasília – The outflow of dollars from Brazil has exceeded the inflow by US$ 4.724 billion this month up to last Friday (25), according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Brazil (BC) disclosed on Wednesday (30). In the 19 working days of October 2012, the exchange flow was also negative, by US$ 748 million.
The negative result came from the trade flow (exchange operations related to exports and imports), with US$ 1.886 billion, and from the investment flow (investment in shares, profit and dividend transfer abroad and foreign direct investment, among other operations), with US$ 2.838 billion.
From January to October 25th, the exchange flow was US$ 4.545 billion negative, against a positive result of US$ 21.707 billion in the same number of working days last year. The trade flow was US$ 7.957 billion negative, while the financial sector recorded a negative balance of US$ 12.502 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
