Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance had a US$ 881 million surplus in April, according to figures disclosed on Wednesday (2) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. The surplus is the result of exports of US$ 19.566 billion and imports of US$ 18.685 billion.
The daily average of shipments was US$ 950.5 million, a value 7.9% below the result for April 2011. The daily average of imports was US$ 963.8 million, which represents a reduction of 3.1% over the same period last year. In the accumulated result for January to April, exports totalled US$ 74.646 billion and imports, US$ 71.328 billion, with surplus results of US$ 3.318 billion.
In April, there was a reduction in the daily average of exports in three product categories: partly manufactured (-19.2%), basic (-7.2%) and manufactured (-4%). The reduction of foreign sales of copper ore, coffee in grain, iron ore and pork contributed to improving the 2012 result.
*Translated by Mark Ament
