According to the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services (Mdic), the Brazilian trade balance recorded a surplus of US$4.913 billion during the first two weeks of June, which included six working days. This surplus was achieved through exports worth US$10.276 billion and imports totaling US$5.363 billion. In the first eleven days of June, the average daily value of exports increased by 9.9% compared to the same period last year, reaching US$1.712 billion. Agriculture led the sales growth with an impressive 25.4% increase, followed by manufacturing (+5.2%) and extractive industry (+4.4%). On the other hand, the average daily value of imports during the first two weeks of June experienced a decline of 21.3% compared to the same month in 2022, amounting to US$893.87 million.
Sources: Valor Econômico/Datamar News