Trade

In the first two weeks of December, exports totaled US $ 4,817 billion and imports, US $ 3,952 billion, which generated a balance of US $ 865 million

The Brazilian trade balance registered a surplus of US $ 44.142 billion in the first two weeks of December. Year-to-date exports totaled US $ 174.120 billion and imports US $ 129.978 billion. The figures were released on Monday (12) by the Ministry of Industry Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC). 

In the seven working days of the first two weeks of December, the balance had exports of US $ 4.817 billion and imports of US $ 3.952 billion, which generated a balance of US $ 865 million. In the accumulated of the month, up to the second week, the daily average of exports was US $ 688.2 million.

Compared to December last year, when the daily average of the month was US $ 762.9 million, there was a fall of 9.8%, due to sales of basic products (-16.9%) - especially grain corn , Crude oil, soybean meal, raw cotton and beef and chicken - and manufactured products (-11.1%) - for pumps and compressors, electric motors and generators, airplanes and refined sugar.

On the other hand, exports of semi-manufactured products increased by 9.8%-  drawn gold semimanufaturada form, ferroalloys, lumber or chipped, raw sugar, synthetic rubber or synthetic and cellulose.

The expectation  of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) is that the annual balance is between $ 45 and $ 50 billion.

Imports

In imports, the daily average up to the second week of December was US $ 564.6 million, 17.8% above the average of December last year (US $ 479.2 million). Expenditure on cereals and grinding products (128.1%), electrical and electronic equipment (58.3%), motor vehicles and parts (47.5%), rubber products (40.9%) and pharmaceuticals (37.5% %) Were the ones that recorded the highest increase.

Source: Portal Brazil, with information MDIC