With six working days, the first two weeks of June had a surplus of US $ 914 million – a result of exports of US $ 4,849 billion and imports of US $ 3.935 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC). In the year, sales abroad totaled US $ 98.481 billion and foreign purchases, US $ 73.393 billion, with a surplus of US $ 25.088 billion.
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In exports, compared to the second half of June (US $ 808.2 million) compared to June last year (US $ 941.9 million), there was a drop of 14.2%, due to the decrease in sales of semimanufactured products (-26% on the basis of raw sugar, gold in semi-manufactures, cellulose, ferro-alloys and pig iron) and basic products (-23.8% on the basis of crude oil, bovine, soybean meal, iron ore, corn in grains).
Manufactured goods increased by 4.5% on account of aluminum oxides and hydroxides, trailers, semi-trailers and parts, earthmoving machinery and equipment, iron and steel hoses and marble and granite works. In relation to May, there was a fall of 11.8%, due to the reduction in sales of basic products (-33.4%) and semimanufactured goods (-7.8%), while exports of manufactured products (30%) increased. .
In imports, the daily average up to the second week of June (US $ 655.8 million), was 9.3% above the average of June last year (US $ 599.8 million). In this comparison, expenditures increased mainly with organic and inorganic chemicals (46.7%), pharmaceuticals (45%), electrical and electronic equipment (25.7%), motor vehicles and parts (24.5%) and mechanical equipment 14.2%). In relation to last May, there was growth of 3.8%, due to the increase in purchases of cereals and grinding products (87.8%), organic and inorganic chemicals (31.3%), plastics and works (18, 5%), fertilizers and fertilizers (17.8%) and electrical and electronic equipment (12.2%).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.