Brasília – Brazil recorded a trade surplus of US$ 653 million in the fourth week of July, from the 20th to the 26th, according to figures disclosed today (27th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Sales from Brazil to foreign countries totalled US$ 3.424 billion, and purchases totalled US$ 2.771 billion. Up until the fourth week this month, exports totalled US$ 11.512 billion and imports, US$ 8.708 billion, resulting in a surplus of US$ 2.804 billion.
So far this year, the Brazilian trade surplus is US$ 16.791 billion, with US$ 81.464 billion in exports and US$ 64.673 billion in imports.
From January until the fourth week of July, exports per business day averaged at US$ 889.2 million, and imports averaged at US$ 744.4 million. During the period, there was a reduction of 23.4 % in exports and of 29.6% in imports, over the same period of 2008.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
