S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian exports generated US$ 3.216 billion last week, with a working day average of US$ 643.2 million, 18% below the average for the first two weeks of January, according to figures disclosed on Monday by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n
Imports, in turn, rose to US$ 4.939 billion, with a daily average of US$ 987.8 million, growth of 8.9% over the average for the two weeks before. This resulted in a trade deficit of US$ 1.723 billion. This is the highest negative balance and the third running since the beginning of 2013.<\/p>\n
According to the ministry, there was 25.3% reduction in shipment of basic items, especially crude oil, iron ore, maize, meats (beef, pork and chicken), cotton and soy chaff. Among the manufactured goods, there was 15.5% reduction, mainly in vehicles, refined sugar, plastic polymers, ethanol, orange juice, aluminium oxides and hydroxides and flat iron and steel laminates.<\/p>\n
In the case of partly manufactured products, the reduction in foreign sales was 8.8%, with special prominence to sugar in bulk, gold in partly manufactured form, pulp, partly manufactured iron or steel and wrought iron.<\/p>\n
On the other end, there was growth mainly in purchases of fuels and lubricants, mechanical equipment, fertilizers, pharmaceutical products, ironworks and precision optics instruments.<\/p>\n
In the accumulated result for the month, according to the Ministry, exports totalled US$ 9.493 billion, a reduction of 0.5% in comparison with January last year, on the daily average. Imports totalled US$ 12.194 billion, growth of 18.3% in the same comparison. This resulted in a trade deficit of US$ 2.701 billion.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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