The Brazilian trade balance registered a trade surplus of US$ 1.035 billion in the second week of February (7th to 13th).
According to data released this Monday (14) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of Economy, the value was reached with exports of US$ 5.542 billion and imports of US$ 4.507 billion.
In February, the trade result accumulated a surplus of US$ 1.752 billion.
In the year, the balance is positive at US$ 1.538 billion.
The daily average of exports recorded an increase of 25.5% in the first two weeks of February compared to the daily average of the same month of 2021, with an increase in sales in Agriculture (+47.6%), in products from the Manufacturing Industry (+23.8%) and in the Extractive Industry (+19.1%).
Imports, on the other hand, rose 17.2% in the period, also in comparison with the daily average, with an increase in purchases of products from the Extractive Industry (+106.1%) and from the Transformation Industry (+15.3%) and a fall in Agriculture (13.2%).
Source: CNN Brasil
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