Brazilian trade flow grows 5.1% by daily average through the 4th week of May

In the fourth week of May 2025, the trade balance recorded a surplus of US$2.3 billion and a trade flow of US$12.4 billion, resulting from exports worth US$7.4 billion and imports of US$5 billion.

As for the results for May, exports totaled US$24 billion, and imports totaled US$17.6 billion, resulting in a positive balance of US$6.4 billion and a trade flow of US$41.7 billion.

From January to the fourth week of May, exports totaled US$131.4 billion, and imports totaled US$ 107.2 billion, resulting in a positive balance of US$24.2 billion and a trade flow of US$238.6 billion. These and other results were released on Monday, May 26, by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (Secex/MDIC).

Preliminary Partial Trade Balance for the Month | 4th Week of May/2025

Monthly Comparison

In exports, comparing the daily averages from the 1st to the 4th week of May 2025 (US$ 1.5 billion) with May 2024 (US$ 1.4 billion), there was a 4.7% increase. As for imports, there was a 5.5% increase in daily averages from the 4th week of May 2024 (US$ 1 billion) to the 4th week of May 2025 (US$ 1.1 billion).

Thus, up to the 4th week of May 2025, the daily average of the trade flow totaled US$2.605 billion, with a daily average balance of US$405.24 million. Comparing this period with the average of May/2024, there was a 5.1% increase in trade flow.

Exports and imports by sector and products

For exports, the cumulative daily average up to the 4th week of May/2025, compared to the same month of the previous year, showed the following performance by sector: an increase of US$ 14.55 million (4.1%) in Agribusiness; US$ 7.2 million (2.0%) in the Extractive Industry; and US$ 45.53 million (6.5%) in Manufactured Products.

For imports, the daily average performance by sector was as follows: an increase of US$ 93.36 million (10.1%) in Manufactured Products, a decrease of US$ 1.3 million (5.4%) in Agribusiness, and a decrease of US$ 34.55 million (40.7%) in the Extractive Industry.

Source: Informativo dos Portos

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