In the third week of May, the trade balance registered a surplus of US $ 1.010 billion, the result of exports of US $ 3.627 billion and imports of US $ 2.617 billion. In the month, exports totaled US $ 11.976 billion and imports, US $ 7.986 billion, with a surplus of US $ 3.990 billion. In the year, Brazilian exports totaled US $ 67.918 billion and purchases, US $ 50.684 billion, with a surplus of US $ 17.234 billion.

 

In the third week of May, the average of exports was US $ 725.4 million - 13.1% below the average of US $ 834.9 million recorded until the second week of the month. The reason for the decrease was the decline in shipments of the three product categories: semi-manufactured goods (-19.5%), cellulose account, gold semimanufaturada form, iron semi / steel, leather and fur, raw aluminum; basic (-13.3%) in soy function in grains, crude oil, soybean meal, chicken and pork and coffee beans; and manufactured goods (-12.4%), due mainly aircraft, automobiles, aluminum oxides and hydroxides, hoses, iron and steel and plastic polymers.

 

On the import side, the average of the third week (US $ 523.5), it was down 2.5% on average until the second week (S $ 536.8 million) explained by the decrease in spending on vehicles vehicles and parts, fertilizers, plastics and articles, optical and precision instruments. In addition to steel products.

 

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In exports, compared the daily average until the third week (US $ 798.4 million) with an average of May 2015 (US $ 838.5 million), there was a decrease of 4.8%, due to the drop in sales external basic products (-7.6%) due mainly crude oil, copper ore, coffee beans, tobacco leaves, soybean meal and salted meat; and manufacturing (-3.8%) in laminated function of iron and steel, refined sugar, auto parts, engines for cars, motors and generators, pumps and compressors. On the other hand, increased exports of semi-manufactured goods (+ 5.8%) the increase of gold in semi-manufactured forms, copper cathodes, unwrought aluminum, crude soybean oil, raw sugar, lumber or chipped.Compared to April of this year, there was growth of 3.9%, due to the increase in sales of the three product categories: semi-manufactured goods (+ 14.7%); manufactured (+ 2.9%) and basic (+ 2.5%).

 

In imports, the average daily until the third week (US $ 532.4) was 24% below the average of May last year (US $ 700.5 million). Decreased spending, especially with fuels and lubricants (-39.6%), steel products (-36.9%), rubber and construction (-29.9%), motor vehicles and parts (-29.4%) , mechanical equipment (-28.1%), electronic equipment (-27.8%). Compared to April / 2016, an increase of 1.3%, the growth in organic / inorganic chemicals (+ 29.2%), steel (+ 14.9%), optical / precision instruments (+ 11.4%), pharmaceuticals (+ 9.7%) and plastics and articles (+ 5.5%).