Trade amounted to US$ 5,864 billion in the third week of January

The balance recorded a deficit of US$ 816 million for the quarter, with imports exceeding exports, in the same month, there is a trade surplus of US$ 934 million

The brazilian trade balance recorded a USD$ 5,864 billion of exports and imports) in the third week of the month of January, according to data released this Thursday (20/01), by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) of the Ministry of economic affairs. The result has been that is generated by the sum of exports by the value of$ 2,524 billion, and imports, which amounted to US$ 3,340 billion, with a deficit of$ 816 million in the same period. In the first nine months of a calendar month, the trade amounted to US$ 16,760 billion, the sum of$ 8,847 billion in exports and US$ 7,913 billion worth of imports, generating a surplus of US$ 934 million).

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In the middle of the exports of the third week, it reached A$ 504,8 million, which is 44.1% lower than the average of$ 903,3 million at the end of the second week, due to a decrease in sales of the three main categories of products. The semi-manufactured dropped to 49.1 per cent, TO$ 141.5 million to$ 72 million, drawn semi-manufactured from steel, wood, gold, in the forms of semimanufaturadas, leather, hides, and skins, and iron alloy.

In basic, the reduction of 43.3%, to$ 453,7 million to$ 257,3 million, for the account of, such as iron ore, crude oil, raw cotton,, raw, meat, beef, pork, chicken, iron ore, copper. Already, in terms of manufactured goods, and the retreat was 43 per cent, from US$ 308,1 million to$ 175,5 million, due mainly to aircraft, alcohols, linear, and their halogenated, oils, fuels, and machinery and equipment to the earthmoving, oxides and hydroxides of aluminum.

On the side of imports, there has been a growth of 2.2% in the same comparison for the middle – in the third week of a$ 668 million on average in the second week of a$ 653,4 million. The high is mainly due to the increase in the expenditures on fuels and lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and copper in their works, the drinks, and alcohol, in addition to iron and steel.

Review of the month

In terms of exports, compared with the average of up to the third week of January 2020 for US$ 737,3 million) for the January 2019 (about US$ 822,0 million), there was a decrease of 10.3%, as a result of the utilization of 21% on the sale of products manufactured by US$ 320,1 million to$ 252,8 million by platform for the extraction of oil, bits and pieces of engines and turbines, aircraft, flat rolled products, of iron or steel, for passenger cars, engines, and turbines, aircraft –, and from 14.3% in semi-manufactured from$ 131,4 million to$ 112,5 million on behalf of the pulp, semi-manufactured iron and steel, ferro-alloys, cast iron, aluminum combo.

On the other hand, it increased the sales of basic goods (+0.4 per cent), from$ 370,5 million to$ 371,9 million, due primarily of raw cotton, beef cattle, swine, and poultry, the iron ore and crude oil.

With respect to December of the previous year, there was a decrease of 14.7% in terms of exports, due to a downturn in the commodities decreased by 22.3%, to$ 478,6 million to$ 371,9 million; and manufacturing (-12%), from$ 287,5 million to$ 252,8 million. In addition, however, increased the export of the products, semi-manufactured (+14,2%), from$ 98.5 million to$ 112,5 million.

Imports in the month

In terms of imports, the average daily rate of up to the third week of January 2020 for US$ 659,4 million) was down 11.5% lower than the average for January of 2019 from US$ 744,9 million). In comparison, less expense, mainly, of aircraft and parts (-34,6%), fertilizer (-31,4%), fuels and lubricants (-17,9%), cereals and products in the industry, from mills (regions-16.3%), motor vehicles and parts (-7,6%).

In early December 2019, there has been a growth of 10.3%, due to an increase in pharmaceutical (up 41.4%), electrical and electronic equipment (+30,6%), the plastic arts, and the works (up 25.5%), machinery (+23.5 percent), chemicals, and organic-inorganic (+13,2%).