Foreign trade surplus has reached US$19 billion

27/06/2005 - 12h29

Stênio Ribeiro
Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – According to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the week of June 20 to 26 was a good week for Brazil's foreign trade. The surplus was US$1.075 billion, the biggest weekly surplus of the month, with the daily average value of exports reaching US$215 million. The numbers for the week: exports of US$2.411 billion and imports of US$1.336 billion. As a result, the trade surplus for the month of June rose to US$3.349 billion.

Meanwhile, the cumulative surplus for the year is now at US$18.995 billion. That is US$4.484 billion, or 30.9%, more than the surplus during the same period last year.

Total exports for 2005 are now at US$51.974 billion, up 23.6% over 2004. Imports are up 19.8% over 2004, at US$32.979 billion.

Translator: Allen Bennett