On Monday (2), the government of Brazil showed that the country’s trade balance closed the year 2022 at a record surplus of US$ 62.3 billion, an increase of 1.5%. According to the government, in 2022 exports totaled US$ 335 billion and imports totaled US$ 272.7 billion. According to the Ministry of Economy, exports increased by 19.3% in 2022 (daily average) compared to the previous year, with a daily average of US$ 1.3 billion (a new record in the historical series). Purchases from abroad advanced 24.3% and totaled, on a daily average, US$ 1.09 billion. This was also the highest value since the figures began to be recorded in 1989. The economic sector with the highest growth in 2022 was agriculture, which increased the value of exports by 36.1%.
Sources: G1/Datamar News