Brasília, 4 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade reports that in February average daily exports rose 12.6%, compared to January, going from US$180.5 million to US$203.2 million. The good performance is due mainly to an increase of slightly over 30% in exports of manufactured goods. Basic exports rose 16.4%, and semi-manufactured were up 4.6%.
As for imports, they rose 9.4%, compared to January.(AB)