Brasília – Exports totalled US$ 1.785 billion and were greater than the imports of US$ 1.466 billion in the first two working days of this month. With this, the trade balance surplus totalled US$ 319 million, disclosed today (5) the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
From January to December 2, the positive trade balance surplus is already US$ 26.293 billion, with growth of 70.8% over the same period in 2010 (US$ 15.393 billion).
In the 231 working days of this year, exports totalled US$ 235.697 billion, with a daily average of US$ 1.02 billion, growth of 28.3% over that recorded in the same period in 2010. Imports totalled US$ 209.404 billion, with a daily average of US$ 906.5 million, which represents growth of 24.4%.
*Translated by Mark Ament
