Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a US$ 366 million surplus in the second week of August. The result comes after the US$ 1.42 billion surplus recorded in the first week of the month, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade informed this Monday (15th).
In the second week of August, exports reached US$ 5.378 billion, at a daily average of US$ 1.075 billion, and imports reached US$ 5.012 billion (daily average of US$ 1.002 billion).
In the two weeks so far this month, the trade surplus (exports exceeding imports) reached US$ 1.420 billion, as a result of US$ 11.214 billion in exports and US$ 9.794 billion in imports.
From January until the second week of August, the trade surplus reached US$ 17.506 billion, as against US$ 10.596 billion during the same period of 2010. Exports reached US$ 151.769 billion, at a daily average of US$ 979.2 million. Imports reached US$ 134.263 billion (average of US$ 866.2 million per working day).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
