Bras\u00edlia \u2013 In April 2009, after 20 business days, the Brazilian balance of trade ran a surplus (exports minus imports) of US$ 3.712 billion, as a result of US$ 12.322 billion in exports and US$ 8.610 billion in imports. This is the highest surplus achieved since May 2008 (US$ 4.075 billion). The figures were disclosed today (4th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n
Four business days into the fifth week of April, the trade surplus totalled to US$ 1.167 bilh\u00e3o, with US$ 2.828 billion in exports and US$ 1.661 billion in imports.<\/p>\n
The result of the balance of trade recorded in April points to a recovery of the surplus. In January, the balance of trade ran a deficit \u2013 more imports than exports \u2013 of US$ 527 million. In February, the trade surplus was US$ 1.765 billion and in March, US$ 1.772 billion. Thus, in the accumulated result for the year so far, the surplus is US$ 6.722 billion, as against US$ 4.498 billion recorded in the first four months of 2008.<\/p>\n
From January until April, exports totalled to US$ 43.499 billion and imports, US$ 36.777 billion. Today at 03:30 pm, the secretary of Foreign Trade at the ministry, Welber Barral, is going to discuss the balance of trade result in a press conference.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Blum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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