Trade surplus is up almost 20%

13/02/2006 - 10h28

Stênio Ribeiro
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília – Brazilian exports have gotten off to a very strong start this year. The surplus for the year (up to February 10) has already reached US$3.870 billion, up 19.59%, compared to the same period in 2005.

So far, total exports for the year are US$12.939 billion and imports US$9.069 billion. Both up: 24.1% and 26.2%, respectively.

For the week ending February 10, exports totalled US$2.375 billion and imports US$1.494, for a surplus of US$881 million.

Translation: Allen Bennett

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