Brazil trade flow reaches $15.9 billion in second week of April 2026

In the second week of April 2026, Brazil’s trade balance posted a surplus of $4.2 billion and total trade flow of $15.9 billion, with exports at $10 billion and imports at $5.9 billion.

So far this month, exports total $14.9 billion and imports $8.1 billion, resulting in a positive balance of $6.7 billion and total trade flow of $23 billion.

For the year to date, exports have reached $97.2 billion and imports $76.3 billion, for a trade surplus of $20.9 billion and total trade flow of $173.5 billion. These and other figures were released on Monday (April 13) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.

Preliminary trade balance for the month — second week of April 2026

Comparing average daily exports through the second week of April 2026, at $2.1 billion, with April 2025, at $1.5 billion, exports rose 42.2%. Imports increased 4.5% in the comparison between the average through the second week of April 2026, at $1.161 billion, and the average for April 2025, at $1.111 billion.

As a result, through the second week of April 2026, average daily trade flow totaled $3.287 billion, while the average daily surplus reached $963.99 million. Compared with the average for April 2025, trade flow rose 26.2%.

Exports and imports by sector

On a cumulative basis through the second week of April 2026, compared with the same month a year earlier, the daily average performance of export sectors was as follows: agribusiness rose by $115.52 million, or 29.1%; extractive industry increased by $294.21 million, or 83.8%; and manufacturing products advanced by $219.52 million, or 29.8%.

On the import side, also on a cumulative basis through the second week of April 2026 compared with the same month last year, daily average imports of manufacturing products rose by $68.16 million, or 6.7%, while agribusiness imports fell by $9.46 million, or 33.4%, and extractive industry imports declined by $4.9 million, or 9.0%.

Source: MDIC

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