Stênio Ribeiro
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília – Brazilian exports continued strong at the beginning of June, reaching US$1.108 billion for the first two working days of the month, while imports reached US$587 million, for a surplus of US$521 million. That brings Brazil's trade surplus for the first 105 working days of 2006 to US$15.985 billion, which is actually 1.86% less than the surplus was for the same period in 2005. .

Total exports for 2006 are now at US$50.574 billion, up 12.44% over the same period in 2005. Meanwhile, exports reached US$34.589 billion, up 20.56%.

Translation: Allen Bennett