Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance in the first week of December, with three working days, posted a surplus of US$ 580 million. Exports totalled US$ 2.67 billion and import, US$ 2.09 billion. With the result, the accumulated balance for the year rose to US$ 15.513 billion, with exports of US$ 183.667 billion and imports of US$ 168.154 billion.
In the daily average, in the accumulated result for the year, exports totalled US$ 795.1 million up to the first week of December and imports, US$ 727.9 million. The balance is US$ 67.2 million, reduction of 33.7% in comparison with the same period last year.
*Translated by Mark Ament
