Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, known as the foreign exchange surplus, recorded a surplus of US$ 8.809 billion from the 1st to the 13th this month, as informed today (18th) by the Brazilian Central Bank.
Investment in bonds, shares, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries, among other operations, recorded a net inflow of US$ 4.559 billion, whereas bilateral trade recorded a net surplus of US$ 4.251 billion.
From January until the 13th this month, a foreign exchange surplus of US$ 45.943 billion was recorded, as against US$ 7.774 billion in the same period of 2010. From the beginning of the year until last week, investment in bonds, shares, remittances of profits and dividends to foreign countries and other operations recorded a surplus of US$ 34.140 billion, whereas the trade balance showed a surplus of US$ 11.803 billion.
Spot market dollar purchases by the Central Bank have raised the country’s foreign currency reserves by US$ 3.058 billion, from the 1st to the 13th this month. Last week, the Central Bank did not purchase dollars on the futures market (with payment due at a future date, usually in the short term). On May 3rd, US$ 1 million were purchased on the futures market.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
