Balance of trade posts $2.944 billion surplus

Brazil balance of trade closed out September with a $2.944 billion surplus. The result is the best for a month of September since 2011. Year-to-date, the balance stands at a positive $10.246 billion, the highest performance for the period since 2012—$16.148 billion were generated by exports and $13.204 billion spent on imports.

Dollar hikes and a slip in imports have contributed to the positive outcome in the trade balance.

The data were released Thursday (Oct. 1) by the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade.

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira

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