Economy

Trade balance has surplus of US$ 754.5 million in the 1st week of February

Feb, 07, 2022 Posted by Gabriel Malheiros

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The Brazilian trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 754.5 million in the first week of February (1st to 6th). According to data released this Monday, February 7, by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Economy. In the period, exports were worth US$ 4.743 billion while imports totaled US$ 3.988 billion.

The daily average of exports increased by 30.3% compared to the same period last year, with a 13.9% increase in agriculture, a 30.4% increase in the extractive industry, and a 34.6% increase in product sales in the manufacturing industry.

The daily average of imports increased by 23.4% in the period, with a drop of 41.2% in Agriculture, an increase of 151.2% in the extractive industry, and 21.4% in products from the manufacturing industry.

Year-to-date through February 6, the trade balance has a surplus of US$ 540.1 million.

Source: UOL

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