Brasília - Brazil's cumulative trade surplus so far this year stands at US$ 22.501 billion. This result correponds to 72.58% of the US$ 31 billion trade surplus that financial markets are now forecasting for 2004 as a whole.

From January through September 5, overall exports amounted to US$ 62.730 billion, while imports came to US$ 40.228 billion. In terms of averages per business day, exports were up 32.5% compared with the same period last year, while imports grew 27.7%, on the same basis.

In the first week of September (1-5), Brazil sold more than it bought. The difference between US$ 1.376 billion in exports and US$ 825 million in imports generated a surplus of US$ 551 million.

The daily averages in September, in comparison with September, 2003, rose 38.6% in the case of exports and 31.1% in the case of imports. In comparison with August, 2004, the daily averages were up 11.4% and 7.6%, respectively, for exports and imports.

Agência Brasil
Reporter: Daniel Lima
Translator: David Silberstein
09/06/2004