Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a surplus of US$ 14.627 billion from January to October this year, a 35% decline over the same period of 2009, when the figure was US$ 22.495 billion, as informed today (3rd) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
From January to October, exports totalled US$ 163.310 billion, at an average per working day of US$ 785.1 million, a figure 29.7% higher than in the same period last year. Imports have been growing at a stronger pace than exports from January to October 2010. In the first ten months this year, imports reached US$ 148.683 billion, at a daily average of US$ 714.8 million – growth of 43.8% over the same period of 2009.
In October alone, the trade balance showed a US$ 1.854 billion surplus, at a daily average of US$ 92.7 million. The surplus was higher than in September this year (US$ 1.093 billion) and than October 2009 (US$ 1.316 billion). Last month, exports reached US$ 18.381 billion and imports, US$ 16.527 billion.
In the last week of October, exports totalled US$ 4.531 billion and imports, US$ 4.363 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of US$ 168 million (daily average of US$ 33.6 million).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
