Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The trade balance surplus of Brazil (the difference between exports and imports) has reached US$ 1.680 billion, with exports of US$ 16.061 billion and imports of US$ 14.381 billion this year, in 26 working days.
The accumulated result this year is 52.9% greater than that registered up to the second week of February 2007 (US$ 3.569 billion). The figures, disclosed today (11), are by the Ministry of Development Industry and Foreign Trade.
In February, Brazilian exports totalled US$ 2.784 billion in four working days, a daily average of US$ 696 million. Imports reached US$ 2.048 billion, with a daily average of US$ 512 million.
With this performance, the trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) registered a surplus of US$ 736 million (a daily average of US$ 184 million), in February.
According to the Focus bulletin, disclosed by the Central Bank today, financial market analysts forecast that this year the trade balance should end the year at US$ 30 billion. Last year, the trade balance surplus totalled US$ 40 billion, with exports of US$ 160.6 billion and imports of US$ 120.6 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
