Brazil exported USD 19 billion in goods, with imports coming out to USD 14 billion, the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services said this Monday (1).
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The goal was made public by Arab Chamber president Rubens Hannun while lecturing students in the Pró-Líder leadership training program.
Brazil’s biggest seaport, on the São Paulo coast, handled unprecedented amounts of cargo in August and year-to-date through August.
The Brazilian monetary authority estimates a USD 14.3 billion deficit for Brazil this year. As of June, the forecast was for a USD 11.5 billion deficit.
A delegation of businesspersons led by Brazil’s foreign minister Aloysio Nunes will be in Cairo on November 13 and 14 with support from the Arab Brazilian Chamber. The goal is to increase and diversify bilateral trade.
Companies will exhibit at a stand organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Brazil in Syria. The trade show will run from September 5 to 15.
Foreign sales from Brazil reached USD 703 million, down 3.3% from a year ago.
The fourth week of August saw exports reach USD 4.027 billion, with imports amounting to USD 3.586 billion.
The period saw USD 5.389 billion worth of goods shipped from Brazil, while imports came out to USD 3.707 billion.
The country shipped USD 8.43 billion worth of goods abroad from January to July and purchased the equivalent of USD 12 billion.
Foreign sales from Brazil were down 2.6%, while purchases were up 11.7%. The resulting trade surplus exceeded USD 1 billion.
Exports reached USD 5.2 billion and imports came out to USD 3.3 billion in the third week of May in Brazil. Month-to-date, there was a USD 5 billion surplus.
