The trade balance in Brazil accumulated a surplus of US$ 36.82 billion over the year until the second week of July, with a decrease of 7.5% compared to the period from January to July 2021. The trade flow rose 24.3%, reaching US$ 311.01 billion, the sum of US$ 173.91 billion in exports and US$ 137.09 billion in imports. The data were released this Monday (7/11) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Economy. In July, up its second week, the balance was positive at US$ 2.51 billion, up 24.8% over July 2021. The trade flow reached US$ 17.06 billion, up 43.4%, with exports of US$ 9.79 billion (+40.7%) and imports of US$ 7.28 billion (+47.2%). In the second week of July alone, Brazil saw a surplus of US$ 2.045 billion, with the trade flow reaching US$ 14.108 billion, reflecting exports worth US$ 8.077 billion and imports worth US$ 6.032 billion.
Source: Datamar News