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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 02:38 UTC

Tag: Brazilean exports

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 06:19 UTC

    Brazil's massive goods foreign trade is in US dollars but there are incipient deals in Euros and Reais

    In 2023, the US dollar maintained its dominance in Brazilian goods exports, totaling US$ 325.5 billion (95.84% of the total), with an 1.8% increase compared to 2022

    Brazil's foreign trade in goods, some US$ 640bn annually is done mostly in US dollars, some 95%, but there are some inroads to other currencies such as the Euro and its own Brazilian Reais. These figure come from an annual report on trade operations’ currency statements compiled by Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (Secex-MDIC), and revealed last week.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

    Brazil expects a slowdown of China trade, but will still enjoy a healthy surplus

    From January to April 2022, the value of Brazilian exports grew 24.1% compared to the same period in 2021. Imports advanced 27.6%.

    Brazil expects a slower growth of exports this year as China implements strict lockdown measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. Nevertheless, China will help to boost Brazil's trade surplus points out Foreign Trade Indicator (Icomex) data, released by Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), the country's leading think tank..

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

    Brazil to discuss meat, sugar and ethanol trade with the United States

    “We are preparing documentation and will see if we can reopen this market ... so that all of Brazil’s meat-packers can resume exports to US,” Dias told reporters

    Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said that she will discuss U.S.-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries. Dias, who will travel with President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States, said one of her priorities is to reopen the U.S. market for Brazil’s fresh beef exports, which were suspended almost two years ago over safety concerns.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:07 UTC

    Brazil record trade surplus and industrial production up 0.6% in April

    Exports boosted by a record soy crop and rising auto sales reached US$ 19.8bn and imports US$ 12.2bn

    Encouraging news for Brazil's economic recovery: industrial output increased in April for the first time since December and the trade surplus rose to a record US$ 7.661bn during May, according to government data. Exports boosted by a record soy crop and rising auto sales reached US$ 19.8bn and imports US$ 12.2bn

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 12:46 UTC

    Brazil's trade surplus in March soared 61.2% to US$ 7.14bn

    The data shows increased exports across all major product groups, including chicken and meat, which were recently shunned by international importers

    Brazilian exports outweighed imports by more than US$7 billion in March despite fears that the economy could be hard hit by the country's on-going meat scandal. The country recorded a US$7.14 billion trade surplus last month, the highest level on record for the country and a whopping 61.2% increase on the previous year.

  • Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

    Brazil manages US$23.6bn trade surplus in the first half of the year

    The director of the Department of Statistics and export support, Herlon Brandao, said that exports totaled US$ 90.2 billion in the first half.

    Brazilian exports exceeded imports by US$23.6 billion in the first half of the year - a record for the period. In addition to the basic products, sales grew strongly with the sale of vehicles for Latin America. The data were released by the Ministry of Industry Trade and Services.

  • Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

    Brazil agribusiness exports, the locomotive of foreign trade

    Brazil exported 54.3 million tons of soybeans; 28.9 million tons of corn; 11.9 million tons of cellulose and the 2 million tons of coffee beans last year

    Brazil's total agricultural exports slid 8.8% to US$88.2 billion in 2015, compared to the previous year, despite record sales of soybeans, corn, chicken, coffee and cellulose, officials said. The drop in sales was caused by falling prices for the commodities Brazil sells on the global market, Foreign Agribusiness Relations Secretary Tatiana Palermo said.

  • Friday, December 18th 2015 - 07:44 UTC

    A good one for Brazil: trade surplus has reached US$15.8bn

    Exports reached US$181.647bn dollars and imports US$166.837bn in the eleven and a half months of 2015, with the surplus of US$15.8bn.

    Brazil accumulated a trade surplus of US$15.8 billion between January and the second week of December, its biggest for that period since posting a US$17.15 billion trade surplus for the first 11 months of 2012, according to Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry figures.

  • Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 07:50 UTC

    Brazil posts first trade deficit since 2000: slower economy, fall in commodities' prices

    Exports were 225 billion, down 7%; imports, 229 billion, a 4.4% decline from the previous year, but manufactured goods exports fell nearly 14% from 2013.

    Brazil registered its first annual trade deficit since 2000, according to official data released on Monday. Latin America's largest economy slowed down in 2014 and prices fell for iron ore, soybeans and other key commodities exports.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 23:15 UTC

    Brazil posted its worst trade surplus since 2.000 at 2.56bn dollars

    Iron ore, cereals, oilseeds and petroleum among the country's main exports

    Brazil posted its lowest trade surplus in 13 years on Thursday, at 2.56 billion dollars for 2013, the trade and commerce ministry said, citing rising imports. The country's foreign trade association AEB had previously warned that 2013 could see the first full-year trade deficit since 2000, which compares with a 19,4bn dollars surplus in 2012

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