{"id":45892,"date":"2013-09-16T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/brazilian-trade-balance-runs-surplus-in-september\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T22:21:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:21:28","slug":"brazilian-trade-balance-runs-surplus-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-trade-balance-runs-surplus-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian trade balance runs surplus in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian trade balance has run a US$ 916 million surplus in the first two weeks of September. Brazil exported US$ 9.992 billion, averaging at US$ 999.2 million per day, considering the ten working days during the period. Imports amounted to US$ 9.076 billion, averaging at US$ 907.6 million per day.<\/p>\n

Both imports and exports declined in September 2013 from September 2012. In the first two weeks this month, exports were down 5.1% from the same period in 2012, while imports were down 1.1%. In September from August 2013, exports were up 2.6% and imports were down 1.1%. <\/p>\n

Exports of manufactured goods declined the most in September from August, down 14.9%, driven mostly by ethanol, refined sugar, engines and generators, land levelling machinery, auto parts, pumps and compressors, and pneumatics. <\/p>\n

Semi-manufactured goods exports were down 7.7%, driven by a decline in shipments of crude aluminium, cast iron, raw sugar, ferroalloys and wood pulp. Exports increased only for basic goods, up 3.1%, driven by copper ore, soya bean, crude oil, soya bran, and beef. <\/p>\n

Basic goods exports increased the most in September from August 2013 (6.4%), followed by semi-manufactured goods (2.9%), whereas manufactured goods exports were down 2.4%.<\/p>\n

Regarding imports, pharmaceuticals were down 23.4% from September 2012. Imports also declined for optics and precision instruments (-6.1%), fuels and lubricants (-5.7%), mechanical equipment (-2.4%) and fertilizers (-1%).<\/p>\n

In September from August 2013, the decline in imports was also driven by pharmaceuticals (-27%), followed by automobiles and auto parts (-8.8%), fertilizers (-4.3%), fuels and lubricants (-4.6%), and optics and precision instruments (-2.9%).<\/p>\n

Second week <\/b><\/p>\n

In the second week of September alone, which had five working days, Brazilian exports stood at US$ 5.227 billion, averaging at US$ 1.045 billion per day. Imports stood at US$ 4.610 billion, at a daily average of US$ 922 million. The resulting trade surplus was US$ 617 million. <\/p>\n

*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n

Ag\u00eancia Petrobras<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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