Trade Balance: Year-to-date surplus through the third week of April reaches US$21.7 billion.

In the third week of April 2026, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 0.878 billion and a trade flow of US$ 12 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 6.4 billion and imports of US$ 5.6 billion. For the month, exports totaled US$ 21.2 billion and imports US$ 13.7 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 7.5 billion and a trade flow of US$ 34.9 billion. For the year, exports total US$ 103.6 billion and imports US$ 81.86 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 21.7 billion and a trade flow of US$ 185.4 billion. These and other results were released this Wednesday (April 22nd) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the averages up to the 3rd week of April 2026 (US$ 1.770 billion) with that of April 2025 (US$ 1.494 billion), there was a growth of 18.5%. Regarding imports, there was a growth of 2.7% when comparing the averages up to the 3rd week of April 2026 (US$ 1.141 billion) with that of April 2025 (US$ 1.111 billion). Thus, up to the 3rd week of April 2026, the daily average of the total trade flow was US$ 2,911.46 million and the balance, also by daily average, was US$ 628.67 million. Comparing this period with the average of April 2025, there was a growth of 11.7% in the trade flow. :: Exports and Imports by Sector In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of April 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the exporting sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 63.95 million (16.1%) in Agriculture; of US$ 105.12 million (29.9%) in Extractive Industry and of US$ 106.11 million (14.4%) in products of the Manufacturing Industry. In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of April 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 11.88 million (21.8%) in Extractive Industry and of US$ 30.47 million (3.0%) in products of the Manufacturing Industry; there was a decrease of US$ 9.06 million (32.0%) in Agriculture.

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