S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil exported the equivalent of US$ 5.734 billion from March 1 through 10, a period comprising six working days, at a daily average of US$ 955.7 million, up 0.5% from the average in the same period of last year. Imports amounted to US$ 5.498 billion, up 6.7% using the same basis of comparison. March-on-February, exports were up 10.6% and imports were down 2%.<\/p>\n
The result was a US$ 236 million trade surplus in early March. The figures were released this Monday (11) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n
Compared with March 2012, exports of semi-manufactured goods were up nearly 30%, especially copper cathodes, raw sugar, semi-finished gold, cast iron, crude aluminium, leathers and hides, wood pulp and ferroalloys. Exports of manufactured and basic goods were down 8% and 1%, respectively. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, imports were up for fertilizers (91.1%), cereals and milling products (69.1%), copper and copper products (21.2%), home appliances (16.6%), plastics and plastic products (15.2%) and optical and precision instruments (12.3%).<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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