Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 334 million in the third week of October and US$ 874 million in the accumulated result for the month so far. This year, the surplus up until now totals US$ 20.530 billion, a figure lower than the US$ 32.956 billion recorded during the same period in 2007.
Last week, exports totalled US$ 4.093 billion and imports, US$ 3.759 billion, which contributed for figures this month to reach US$ 10.941 billion and US$ 10.067 billion, respectively.
In the accumulated result for the year so far, exports reached US$ 161.809 billion and imports, US$ 141.279 billion. The figures were disclosed today (20th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
