São Paulo – The trade surplus of Brazil reached US$ 12.98 billion from January to June this year, according to figures disclosed on Friday (1) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. The balance, positive for Brazil, resulted in a daily average of US$ 104.7 million, 63.3% more than in the same period last year.
Exports totalled US$ 118 billion in the period, with growth of 31.6% over the same months in 2010, considering a daily average of US$ 954.1 million. Imports reached US$ 105.32 billion, with a daily average of US$ 849.4 million, 28.5% more. Bilateral trade reached US$ 223.627 billion.
In the month of June, individually, there was a positive trade balance of US$ 4.4 billion. The surplus in the period is 95.4% more than in June last year, in comparison between the daily average. In the 21 working days of the month, exports totalled US$ 23.692 billion.
In the last week of the month, the surplus identified was US$ 849 million, with a daily average of US$ 212.3 million, when taking into consideration that there were four working days. Sales on the foreign market totalled US$ 4.877 and purchases totalled US$ 4.028 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
