Balance of trade has surplus of US bi $1.045 in the 1st week of July

BRASILIA--the brazilian trade balance recorded a surplus of $ $1.045 billion in the first week of July (days 1 to 9), according to data released by the Ministry of industry, Trade and services (MDIC) on Monday, 10. The positive balance is the result of exports of $ $4.055 billion and imports of $ $3.010 billion. The daily average of exports, there was growth of 4.3% in sales abroad in the first week of July compared to the same month in 2016. Shipments of commodities grew by 13.2% and semimanufactured goods sales increased by 10.6%. Already manufactured exports fell 5.9 percent. In the same comparison, imports rose by 7.6%, with drinks and alcohol (49.2%) and steel (46.6%), fuels and lubricants (45.8%) and rubber and articles (38.2%). In 2017, the accumulated trade balance surplus of $ $37.261 billion, the result of exports of $ $111.765 billion and imports of $ $74.504 billion. In the same period in 2016, the balance was positive at $ $23.846 billion.