Brasília – The flow of foreign exchange remains on a surplus month-to-date. From February 1st until last Friday (21st), the surplus stood at US$ 94 million, as per figures released this Wednesday (26th) by the Brazilian Central Bank.
The surplus was a result of financial operations (investment in bonds, profits and dividends remittances to foreign countries, and foreign direct investment, among other operations), which showed a US$ 2.027 billion surplus.
Export- and import-related exchange operations posted a US$ 1.934 billion deficit.
From January to February 21st, the forex flow ran a US$ 1.704 billion surplus. During the period, financial operations posted a US$ 2.046 billion surplus and trade-related foreign exchange operations posted a US$ 342 million deficit.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
