Brazil exports rise 18% in early January as trade surplus reaches $3.8 billion

Brazil posted a trade surplus of $3.8 billion in the first three weeks of January, as exports totaled $14.98 billion and imports reached $11.2 billion, preliminary government data showed on Monday, January 19.

In the third week of January alone, exports amounted to $5.1 billion, while imports totaled $5.4 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $244 million for the period.

The figures were released by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.

Exports rose 18% when comparing the daily average through the third week of January 2026, at $1.36 billion, with the daily average recorded in January 2025, at $1.15 billion. Imports, in turn, fell 2.6% over the same comparison, declining to a daily average of $1.02 billion from $1.04 billion a year earlier.

Through the third week of January 2026, Brazil’s total trade flow averaged $2.3 billion per day. The daily average trade balance stood at a surplus of $341.51 million. Compared with January 2025, the overall trade flow increased 8.2%.

By sector, export performance on a daily average basis showed a year-on-year increase of $108.39 million, or 32.6%, in the extractive industry, followed by a rise of $28.54 million, or 16.6%, in agriculture, and an increase of $69.99 million, or 10.9%, in manufactured goods.

On the import side, the daily average declined by $4 million, or 8%, in the extractive industry, by $7.29 million, or 26%, in agriculture, and by $16.23 million, or 1.7%, in manufactured products, compared with the same period last year.

Source: MDIC 

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