Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Exports from Brazil recorded the second best turnover this year in the month of June, with US$ 13.11 billion in sales (a 3.87% decrease over May), whereas imports totalled US$ 9.3 billion, which is 4.87% less than recorded in the previous month.
The turnover resulted in a trade balance (exports minus imports) of US$ 3.816 billion last month, a 1.34% reduction compared with the balance for May, and a 6.86% decrease over June, 2006. In the accumulated result for the first half of 2007, the trade balance recorded a surplus of US$ 20,66 billion, an increase of 5.71% over the same period of 2006.
Exports from January to June total US$ 73.21 billion, a 19.91% increase compared with the first half of 2006. In the same period, imports reached US$ 52.55 billion, a 26.6% increase. During the last 12 months (July/2006 to June/2007), the trade balance reached US$ 47.59 billion.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum