{"id":55373,"date":"2016-10-10T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/week-saw-usd-499-million-trade-surplus\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T22:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:19:59","slug":"week-saw-usd-499-million-trade-surplus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/week-saw-usd-499-million-trade-surplus\/","title":{"rendered":"Week saw USD 499 million trade surplus"},"content":{"rendered":"

São Paulo – Last week, USD 3.37 billion worth of goods were exported from Brazil. Imports reached USD 2.875 billion, leading to a USD 499 million trade surplus, the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services said this Monday (10).<\/p>\n

Exports averaged at USD 674.8 million per business day, an 11.7% drop from the first week of October 2015. Basic goods exports fell 25.1% with weaker sales of maize, raw sugar, soy and soy bran, beef and poultry. <\/p>\n

Finished goods exports slid 6.1% driven by aircraft, automobiles, auto parts and engines, electric motors and generators, and cargo vehicles. <\/p>\n

Semi-finished goods exports climbed 15.5% on the back of cast iron, raw aluminum, raw sugar, leather and hides, and semi-finished gold. <\/p>\n

Imports averaged at USD 575 million in the first week of October, a 14.1% drop over the comparable period of 2015. <\/p>\n

The ministry said imports declined for fuels and lubricants (-62.1%), fertilizers (-36.6%), autos and auto parts (-23.4%), mechanical equipment (-18.5%), and organic and inorganic chemicals (-12.5%).<\/p>\n

Year-to-date through last week, exports reached USD 142.74 billion and imports hit USD 106.061 billion, yielding a USD 36.68 billion surplus. <\/p>\n

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

Vanessa Carvalho\/Brazil Photo Press\/AFP 05\/03\/2013<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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