São Paulo – In the third week of this month, Brazilian exports surpassed imports, resulting in a surplus of USD 879 million. According to data released this Monday (19) by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), from September 12 to 18 exports reached USD 3.864 billion, with imports totaling USD 2.985 billion.
Exports averaged USD 772.9 million a day, a drop of 6.4% in comparison to the second week. With imports, there was an increase of 3.2% over the second week, with a USD 578.4 million daily average.
In the comparison between the third week of September this year and the same month of last year, sales went up. The daily average was USD 801.8 million, or 4.3% more. According to data from the MDIC, in this month’s third week, in comparison to September 2015, there was an increase in exports of basic goods and semi-finished products and a decline in exports of finished products.
Exports of basic goods stood at USD 361.6 million per day, an increase of 6% over September of last year. These numbers were driven up especially by sales of crude oil, copper ore, poultry, iron ore and coffee. September’s daily average of semi-finished products went up 20.2% in comparison to the same period of last year at USD 130.4 million. It increased especially due to sales of raw sugar, sawn timber, semi-finished gold, semi-finished products of iron and steel and wood pulp.
Exports of finished products declined 3.7% in comparison to September of last year to USD 290.4 million per day. Revenues with the shipment of aluminum oxides and hydroxides, auto parts, polymers, aircrafts and auto engines declined.
Until this month’s third week, imports have a daily average of USD 586.8 million, a decline of 6.7% in comparison to September 2015. Purchases declined especially with steel products, mechanical equipment, fuels and lubricants, precision and optical instruments and organic and inorganic fertilizers.
In September up until the third week, exports reached USD 8.82 billion, with imports totaling USD 6.455 billion, resulting in a USD 2.365 billion surplus. Year-to-date, exports reached USD 132.391 billion, with imports totaling 97.654 billion, resulting in a USD 34.737 billion surplus. In the same period of last year, there was a trade surplus of USD 9.1 billion.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
