S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 3.173 billion in the first quarter of the year, at a daily average of US$ 51.2 million. The figure is 253.9% higher than in the same period last year, when the daily average was US$ 14.5 million. The information was disclosed this Friday (1st) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n
In the 62 working days of the period, bilateral trade (the sum of exports and imports) reached US$ 99.293 billion, at a daily average of US$ 1.601 billion. The figure represents a 25.9% increase over the daily average recorded in the same period of 2010.<\/p>\n
Brazilian exports reached US$ 51.223 billion, a 28.5% increase compared with the first three months of last year, based on the daily average. Imports reached US$ 48.06 billion, a 23.3% increase using the same basis of comparison. <\/p>\n
March <\/b><\/p>\n
Considering the month of March alone, which had 21 working days, the country recorded a surplus of US$ 1.552 billion, at a daily average of US$ 73.9 million. In comparison with the average recorded in March 2010, which was US$ 29.3 million, there was growth of 152.6%.<\/p>\n
Last month, bilateral trade reached US$ 37.020 billion, at a daily average of US$ 1.762 billion, 31.7% more than in March of the previous year, when the daily average was US$ 1,338 billion.<\/p>\n
In March, Brazilian exports reached US$ 19.286 billion, at a daily average of US$ 918.4 million, 34.3% more than in March 2010, when the daily average reached US$ 683.8 million. The figure for March represents a 9.8% increase compared with February this year, when export revenues reached US$ 836.7 million.<\/p>\n
With regard to imports, Brazil spent US$ 17.734 billion with foreign products, at an average of US$ 844.5 million per day, 29% more than in March 2010, when the daily average was US$ 654.6 million; and 8.7% more than in February this year, when the daily average was US$ 776.7 million.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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