S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian exports totaled USD 4.91 billion last week, an increase of 1% over the previous week, as per the daily average. Imports totaled USD 3.238 billion, a decline of 6.2% in the same comparison. It resulted in a surplus of USD 1.672 billion in the week. The data was released this Monday (19) by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC).<\/p>\n
Foreign sales of basic goods and semi-finished products went up. In both groups, the highlights were the sales of crude oil, iron ore, poultry, beef, coffee, cattle, iron and steel semi-finished products, ferro-alloys, raw sugar, copper cathodes, wood chips and sawn timber.<\/p>\n
However, exports of finished products fell, a performance impacted by fuel oils, aluminum oxides and hydroxides, frozen orange juice, polymers, cast iron pipes and gasoline.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there was a decline in imports of electronics, mechanical equipment, organic and inorganic chemicals, steel products, plastics and products, auto and auto parts.<\/p>\n
Year-to-date, Brazilian exports totaled USD 11.717 billion, up 11.9%, as per the daily average, in comparison to the same month of 2017. Imports totaled USD 8.069 billion, up 19.5% in the same comparison. March, until the third week, has a surplus of USD 3.647 billion (USD 1.139),.=<\/p>\n
In the year, foreign sales reached USD 45.997 billion, while imports reached USD 34.678, which resulted in a surplus of USD 11.319 billion.<\/p>\n
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