Brasília – Brazil had more dollars coming in than going out in the first month of the year. The positive forex flow stood at USD 1.475 billion in January, according to data released this Wednesday (3) by the Brazilian Central Bank. The commercial flow (foreign currency exchange operations related to imports/exports) was responsible for the results.
Last month, the commercial flow was positive in USD 3.354 billion, while the financial flow (investment in bonds, profit and dividend remittances and foreign direct investment, among other operations) registered a negative result of USD 1.879 billion. Last year, the forex flow was positive in USD 9.414 billion. In December, the result was negative in USD 2.146 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
