The Brazilian trade balance registered a deficit of US $ 1.12 billion in 4The. week of November, which had five working days, according to data from the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC). The balance is the result of exports of US $ 4.840 billion and imports of US $ 5.960 billion, especially the acquisition of an oil platform worth US $ 2.2 billion.
In the month, exports totaled US $ 17.060 billion and imports, US $ 13.631 billion, with a surplus of US $ 3.428 billion. In the year, the balance is also positive: US $ 51.064 billion, with exports of US $ 216.139 billion and imports of US $ 165.075 billion.
The average exports of 4The. (US $ 968 million), 20.8% below the US $ 1.2 billion average by the third week, due to the decrease in exports of the three product categories: manufactured goods (-38%, US $ 530, 3 million to $ 329.2 million), semimanufactured goods (-12.2%, from $ 149.9 million to $ 131.6 million) and basic (-6.4%, from $ 541.5 million to US $ 506.9 million).
On the import side, there was a growth of 55.4%, compared to the average of the fourth week (US $ 1.2 billion) over the average up to the third week (US $ 767.1 million), mainly explained by the increased spending on fertilizers, aircraft and parts, fuels and lubricants, mechanical and organic and inorganic chemicals.
In November exports, compared to the averages up to the 4th week (US $ 1.137 billion) with November 2017 (US $ 834.2 million), there was a growth of 36.3%, due to the increase in sales of basic products (51.3%, mainly due to the increase in sales of crude oil, soybeans, raw cotton, iron ores and concentrates and corn in grain), manufactured products (36.8% thanks to of shipments of drilling or exploration rigs, gasoline, fuel oils, engine parts and aviation turbines and flexible tubes, of iron or steel and semi-manufactured goods (14.1%, due to the increase in sales of wood chips ferrous alloys, sawn or chipped wood, semimanufactured iron / steel and cellulose products).
In relation to October 2018, there was a growth of 13.7%, due to the increase in exports of manufactured goods (30.9%), semimanufactured goods (8.1%) and basic products (4.4%).
In imports, the daily average up to the fourth week (US $ 908.8 million) was 38.3% above the average of November last year (US $ 657.1 million). In this comparison, expenditures increased mainly with fertilizers (106%), fuels and lubricants (27.8%), organic and inorganic chemicals (25.5%), motor vehicles and parts (11.3%) and mechanical equipment (6%). Compared with October, there was an increase of 24.1%, due to increased spending on beverages and alcohol (57%), fertilizers (28.4%), iron and steel (22.6%), ) and motor vehicles and parts (7.6%).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.