{"id":50929,"date":"2015-05-06T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/exports-of-capital-goods-go-up\/"},"modified":"2019-06-30T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:00:17","slug":"exports-of-capital-goods-go-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/exports-of-capital-goods-go-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Exports of capital goods go up"},"content":{"rendered":"

São Paulo – Brazilian exports of machinery and equipment fetched US$ 1.235 billion in March, a 55.9% increase over February and 21.9% over March of last year, according to data released this Wednesday (6th) by the Brazilian Machinery and Equipment Industry Association (Abimaq).<\/p>\n

Counting the cumulative amount in Q1, external sales fetched US$ 2.812 billion, a drop of 11.9% in comparison to the same period of 2014.<\/p>\n

According to Abimaq, exports from almost all industry sectors went up in March, with emphasis on oil and sustainable energy, infrastructure and basic industry machinery. <\/p>\n

In Q1, the only increase in machinery and equipment shipments occurred in infrastructure and basic industry. The main markets for Brazilian exports of capital goods are Latin America, United States and Europe. <\/p>\n

On the other end, Brazilian imports of machinery and equipment totaled US$ 2.173 billion. There was an increase of 19.1% over February, but a drop of 7.1% when compared to March of last year. <\/p>\n

From January to March, foreign purchases amounted to US$ 6.614 billion, a drop of 12.7% in comparison to the same period of 2014. <\/p>\n

United States are on the top of the list among capital goods supplier to Brazil, followed by China, Germany and Italy. <\/p>\n

With these results, the trade balance of the sector posted a deficit of US$ 939 million in March, a decline of 9.1% over February and of US$ 3.082 billion in Q1, a drop of 12.6% over the 2014 Q1. <\/p>\n

*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antonio Pinheiro\/Gerj<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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