Trade Balance: surplus for the year up to the first week of May reaches US$ 27.5 billion.

In the first week of May 2026, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 2.7 billion and a trade flow of US$ 15.4 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 9.04 billion and imports of US$ 6.3 billion. For the year, exports total US$ 125.6 billion and imports US$ 98.1 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 27.5 billion and a trade flow of US$ 223.68 billion. These and other data were released this Monday (May 11th) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the averages up to the first week of May 2026 (US$ 1.807 billion) with that of May 2025 (US$ 1.424 billion), there was a growth of 26.9%. Regarding imports, there was a 16.1% increase when comparing the averages up to the first week of May 2026 (US$ 1.263 billion) with that of May 2025 (US$ 1.088 billion). Thus, up to the first week of May 2026, the daily average of the total trade flow was US$ 3,071.55 million, and the balance, also by daily average, was US$ 544.39 million. Comparing this period with the average of May 2025, there was a 22.2% increase in the trade flow. Exports and Imports by Sector: In the accumulated period up to the first week of May 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of exporting sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 134.64 million (38.1%) in Agriculture and US$ 264.32 million (36.4%) in Manufacturing products; there was a decrease of US$ 19.15 million (5.7%) in Extractive Industry. In the accumulated period up to the first week of May 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of importing sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 187.83 million (18.6%) in Manufacturing products; decrease of US$ 0.41 million (1.7%) in Agriculture and US$ 11.1 million (24.5%) in Extractive Industry. 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.