S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian exports reached US$ 5.049 billion last week and imports reached US$ 4.66 billion, resulting in a surplus of US$ 389 million, according to figures issued this Monday (18th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n
Export revenues averaged at US$ 1.01 billion per working day in the third week of June, up0.8% compared with the rest of the month. The daily import average stood at US$ 932 million, down 12.7% using the same basis of comparison.<\/p>\n
Exports of basic products were up 5.5%, the highlights being oil, soy chaff, coffee and manganese; manufactured goods exports were up 3.7%, especially fuel oils, aircraft, autos, flexible pipes, orange juice, and pneumatics. Exports of semi-manufactured goods, in turn, were down 31.8%, mostly due to raw sugar, semi-manufactured iron and steel products, pulp, ferroalloys, leathers, and crude soy oil.<\/p>\n
Regarding imports, there was a decline in purchases of fuels and lubricants, consumer electronics, automobiles and auto parts, chemicals, and precision and optical instruments.<\/p>\n
To date in June, exports have reached US$ 10.06 billion, down 10.8% compared with May based on daily average figures. Imports reached US$ 9.996 billion, up 9% using the same basis of comparison. The trade surplus on the Brazilian side stands at US$ 64 million this month.<\/p>\n
From January until last week, exports reached US$ 107.921 billion, imports reached US$ 101.591 billion, and the trade surplus reached US$ 6.33 billion.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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