Brasília – The greater reduction in the daily average of imports has resulted in a higher trade balance surplus in 2009 than that verified in the same period last year. The Brazilian trade balance registered in the fourth week of April 2009, between the 20th and 26th, a positive balance of US$ 880 million, according to figures supplied by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Exports totalled US$ 2.493 billion (a daily average of US$ 623.3 million) and imports totalled US$ 1.613 billion (a daily average of US$ 403.3 million). With regards to the daily average, the value is 92.3% greater than in April 2008. In the month, the accumulated trade balance is US$ 2.545 billion. Exports reached US$ 9.494 billion and imports, US$ 6.949 billion.
In the year, the accumulated balance is US$ 5.557 billion, with exports of US$ 40.671 billion and imports of US$ 35.114 billion. The value is 35.7% greater than in the same period last year. If the daily average is taken into consideration, the increase is 39.3%. Whereas exports dropped 17.3% in the daily average per working day, imports dropped 22.3% in the same comparison.
*Translated by Mark Ament
