São Paulo – The Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 3.173 billion in the first quarter of the year, at a daily average of US$ 51.2 million. The figure is 253.9% higher than in the same period last year, when the daily average was US$ 14.5 million. The information was disclosed this Friday (1st) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
In the 62 working days of the period, bilateral trade (the sum of exports and imports) reached US$ 99.293 billion, at a daily average of US$ 1.601 billion. The figure represents a 25.9% increase over the daily average recorded in the same period of 2010.
Brazilian exports reached US$ 51.223 billion, a 28.5% increase compared with the first three months of last year, based on the daily average. Imports reached US$ 48.06 billion, a 23.3% increase using the same basis of comparison.
March
Considering the month of March alone, which had 21 working days, the country recorded a surplus of US$ 1.552 billion, at a daily average of US$ 73.9 million. In comparison with the average recorded in March 2010, which was US$ 29.3 million, there was growth of 152.6%.
Last month, bilateral trade reached US$ 37.020 billion, at a daily average of US$ 1.762 billion, 31.7% more than in March of the previous year, when the daily average was US$ 1,338 billion.
In March, Brazilian exports reached US$ 19.286 billion, at a daily average of US$ 918.4 million, 34.3% more than in March 2010, when the daily average reached US$ 683.8 million. The figure for March represents a 9.8% increase compared with February this year, when export revenues reached US$ 836.7 million.
With regard to imports, Brazil spent US$ 17.734 billion with foreign products, at an average of US$ 844.5 million per day, 29% more than in March 2010, when the daily average was US$ 654.6 million; and 8.7% more than in February this year, when the daily average was US$ 776.7 million.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
