São Paulo – In the first week of October, Brazil registered a trade surplus of USD 1.272 billion, with USD 5.011 billion in exports and USD 3.739 billion in imports. Brazilian foreign sales’ daily average climbed 11.5% over October of last year. Year-to-date, the country’s trade surplus stands at USD 45.586 billion, with USD 184.670 billion in exports and USD 139.084 billion in imports. The data is from the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) and was shown this Monday (08).
The month’s first week saw an increase in foreign sales of basic goods (28.5%), driven by soy beans, crude oil, copper ore, manganese ore, soy bran and beef; and of finished products (4.8%), pushed up by fuel oils, gasoline, aviation engine and turbine parts, ethanol, buses and other plus-10-seats vehicles.
On the other hand, foreign sales of semi-finished products went down 10.3%, pulled down by raw sugar, iron and steel semi-finished products, hides and skins, copper cathodes and crude soy oil.
In comparison to September, exports daily average went down 0.1%, due to a drop of 14.9% in foreign sales of semi-finished products. Exports of finished products and basic goods climbed 5.8% and 0.5%, respectively.
Imports daily average reached USD 747.8 million in the month’s first week, up 14.8% over October of last year. In the same comparison, there was an increase of 44.7% in purchases of organic and inorganic fertilizers, of 37.9% in fuels and lubricants, of 33.3% in organic and inorganic chemical products, of 21.6% in plastic products and plastics and articles thereof and of 8.1% in mechanical equipment.
Compared to September of this year, imports went up 0.7% by the daily average, with an increase in imports of fuels and lubricants (41.7%), of filaments and man-made fibers (27.6%), of plastic and articles thereof (10.7%), of mechanical equipment (5.4%) and of organic and inorganic chemical products (2.6%).
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
