São Paulo – Brazil exported USD 2.206 billion in November’s first week, which had three business days, up 6.5% over November of last year by the daily average. Imports totaled USD 1.886 billion, a decline of 0.3% in the same comparison. These numbers resulted in a surplus of USD 320 million, according to data made public this Monday (7) by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC).
By the daily average, there was an increase of 31.8% in foreign sales of semi-finished products such as cast iron, gold, sawn timber, semi-finished products of iron and steel, leather and raw sugar. Exports of finished products went up 19%, including iron and steel flexible pipes, refined sugar, autos, polymers, auto parts, aluminum oxides and hydroxides and steel and iron flat rolled products.
However, exports of basic goods declined 10.8% by the daily average, especially maize, crude oil, beef and soy bran.
With imports, there was a decline in purchases of fuel and lubricants (-32.8%), precision and optical equipment (-14.7%), organic and inorganic fertilizers (-13.9%) and chemical products (-8.6%).
Year-to-date, Brazilian exports stand at USD 155.293 billion, with imports at USD 116.448 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of USD 38.845 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
