{"id":53052,"date":"2016-01-11T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/the-year-begins-with-trade-deficit\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T22:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:20:23","slug":"the-year-begins-with-trade-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/the-year-begins-with-trade-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"The year begins with trade deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"

São Paulo – Brazilian exports totaled USD 2.922 billion in January’s first week, with imports registering USD 3.072 billion, which resulted in a trade deficit of USD 150 million, according to data released this Monday (11th) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC). Last year, the Brazilian trade balance posted a surplus of USD 19.681 billion, the highest since 2011.<\/p>\n

Exports averaged USD 584.4 million daily last week, 10.4% below the average registered in January 2015. According to the MDIC, there was a decline in shipments of finished products (-16.7%), especially auto parts, refined sugar, auto engines, fuel oils, aircrafts and tires.<\/p>\n

The sales of basic goods also declined (-8.7%), especially wheat, coffee, iron ore, crude oil, poultry and meat. Meanwhile, exports of semi-finished products declined 1.8%, with negative highlight to cast iron, crude soy bean oil, ferro-alloys, copper cathodes, hides, semi-finished iron and steel products and raw sugar.<\/p>\n

Imports averaged USD 614.4 million daily in the first week of 2016, a decline of 23.5% over the average of last year’s January. There was a decline in purchases of fuel and lubricants (-85.8%), steel products (-50.9%), autos and auto parts (-42%), electronics (-35.7%), rubber goods (-31.2%) and plastic products (-26.2%).<\/p>\n

In comparison to December 2015, average daily exports declined 23.4% last week, while average daily imports increased 28.2%.<\/p>\n

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

Press Release\/Appa<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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