Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance ended the year of 2007 with a surplus of US$ 40 billion. The result is 13.8% lower than the surplus for 2006, which was US$ 46.4 billion.
In 2007, exports reached US$ 160.6 billion and imports totalled US$ 120.6 billion. The figures were disclosed today (02) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Despite the lower surplus than in the previous year, in 2007 exports grew 16.6% over 2006 and imports, 32%.
The month of December 2007 posted a surplus of US$ 3.6 billion, with US$ 14.2 billion in exports and US$ 10.6 billion in imports.
*Translated by Mark Ament