Brasilia (June 6) - The Brazilian trade balance registered a US $ 813 million surplus in the first week of June - three days. In the period, exports totaled US $ 2.414 billion and imports of US $ 1.601 billion. The figures were released today by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC).

For the week, the daily average of exports was US $ 804, 6 million, 13.9% lower than the daily performance recorded in the month of June last year (US $ 934.7 million). In this comparison, there were reductions in foreign sales of basic products (-18.7%) - mainly crude oil, coffee beans, iron ore, soybean meal, soybeans, tobacco leaves and meat chicken - and manufactured goods (-12.9%) - by automobile engines account, auto parts, taps / valves, pumps, compressors and parts, machinery for earthmoving, motors and electric generators. However, exports of semi-manufactured goods grew 5.1%, driven by pulp, lumber or chipped, crude soybean oil, raw sugar and iron and steel semi-manufactured goods.

Compared to May 2016, the decrease in daily average of -3.8% due to: Basic (-6.6%) and manufacturing (-3.4%). Also in this comparison, semi-manufactured goods had an increase in sales (+ 3.8%).

Within three working days, imports showed a daily average of US $ 533.5 million, 25.8% lower performance than the average of June 2015 was US $ 719.0 million due to falling fuel and lubricant purchases (-72.7%), steel (-47.2%), motor vehicles and parts (-44.7%), medical instruments optical / precision (-24.8%) and plastics and articles (-16.1 %). In relation to May 2016, there was a slight increase of 0.6%, on account of cereals and milling products (+ 92.5%), fertilizers (+ 34.4%), pharmaceuticals (+21.7 %), organic and inorganic chemicals (+ 18.2%), mechanical equipment (+ 14.2%) and plastics and articles (+ 1.9%).

Year

In the year, exports totaled US $ 75.907 billion, with a daily average of US $ 722.9 million, 4.4% lower than in the same period last year (US $ 755.8 million). Imports for the period were $ 55.433 billion, with daily performance of US $ 527.9 million, 30.4% below the average recorded last year (US $ 758.9 million). The trade surplus, until the first week of June was US $ 20.474 billion, reversing a deficit of US $ 325 million in the same period last year. In the same comparison, total external trade reached US $ 131.340 billion, 17.4% lower performance.

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7 June 2016