The Brazilian trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 58.47 billion in the accumulated result for the year, up to the first week of November, an increase of 32.5% YoY. The trade flow (sum of exports and imports) reached US$ 421.59 billion in the period, an increase of 36.5%. The current trade flows reflect the result of exports, which add up to US$ 240.03 billion, up 36%, and imports, which increased 37.2%, reaching US$ 181.56 billion. The data were released this Monday 8 by SECEX, the foreign trade secretariat of the Ministry of Economy. Exports began the month up 62.5%, reaching US$ 4.23 billion in the first week, while imports totaled US$ 4.26 billion, up 91.1%. As a result, the trade balance was negative by US$ 30 million, with a trade flow of US$ 8.49 billion, up 75.7%. In exports, comparing the daily average up to the first week of this month with that of November 2020, there was a growth of 62.5%. In imports, the daily average up until the first week of November 2021 was 91.1% above the average of September last year.
Source: Datamar News