The country exported 3.5% less over the first five months this year. Imports dropped by 3.1% in the same period.
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Brazil ran a USD 6.4 billion surplus in May, the result of USD 21.4 billion in exports and USD 15 billion in imports.
Overall imports to Brazil were down 1.2% in April, while capital goods imports dropped by 10%. The surplus was the second widest on record for the month.
Brazil registered a USD 10.9 billion surplus in the first quarter, an 11% drop over the same period of 2018. In March, the balance stood at USD 5 billion, a 22% reduction.
The first two months of the year saw a USD 810 deficit, up 11% from a year ago. Both exports and imports picked up.
Brazilian trade balance registered its second-best result in February months since the survey started.
The number was the result of USD 5.406 billion in exports and USD 3.64 billion in imports.
The surplus came as a result of USD 5.6 billion in exports and USD 3.6 billion in imports.
The month registered a trade surplus of USD 6.121 billion, up 17.9% over the same period of 2017. Exports in the month totaled USD 22.226 billion, with imports reaching USD 16.105 billion.
The surplus is the result of last week’s USD 5.4 billion in exports and USD 3.4 billion in imports.
The figure was the result of USD 4 billion in exports and USD 2.9 billion in imports, registered in four business days.
The country shipped USD 8.43 billion worth of goods abroad from January to July and purchased the equivalent of USD 12 billion.
It was the result of USD 5 billion in exports and USD 3.6 billion in imports.
Foreign sales from Brazil were down 2.6%, while purchases were up 11.7%. The resulting trade surplus exceeded USD 1 billion.
