Brasília – The trade balance started the month with a surplus of US$ 943 million, said today (9) the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. In the first week of August, exports totalled US$ 4.418 billion and imports, US$ 3.475 billion.
The trade surplus accumulated from January to the first week of August was US$ 10.176 billion against US$ 17.753 billion registered in the same period in 2009. Up to early August this year, exports totalled US$ 111.278 billion and imports, US$ 101.102 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
