In May 2026, exports totaled US$32 billion and imports US$24.1 billion, resulting in a positive balance of US$8 billion and a trade flow of US$56 billion. For the year, exports total US$149 billion and imports US$116 billion, resulting in a positive balance of US$33 billion and a trade flow of US$264 billion. These and other results were released this Wednesday (3), by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing May 2026 (US$31.9 billion) with May 2025 (US$29.92 billion), there was a growth of 6.6%. Regarding imports, there was a 5.3% increase when comparing May 2026 (US$ 24.08 billion) with May 2025 (US$ 22.86 billion). Thus, in May 2026, the total trade flow reached US$ 56 billion, and the balance was US$ 7.82 billion. Comparing this period with May 2025, there was a 6.1% increase in trade flow. In exports, comparing the value from January to May 2026 (US$ 148.57 billion) with that of January to May 2025 (US$ 136.68 billion), there was an 8.7% increase. Regarding imports, there was a 3.2% increase between the value for the period January/May 2026 (US$ 115.91 billion) and January/May 2025 (US$ 112.35 billion). Finally, the total trade flow reached US$ 264.48 billion, showing a 6.2% increase when comparing these periods.
Exports and Imports by Sector
In May 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the export sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 0.73 billion (9.8%) in Agriculture and US$ 1.37 billion (9.0%) in Manufacturing products. There was a decrease of US$ 0.13 billion (1.9%) in Extractive Industries. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the import sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 1.34 billion (6.3%) in Manufacturing products; a decrease of US$ 0.04 billion (7.8%) in Agriculture and US$ 0.1 billion (10.1%) in Extractive Industries. In the accumulated period from January to May 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year, the performance of the export sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 2.36 billion (7.3%) in Agriculture; of US$ 5.37 billion (17.3%) in Extractive Industry and US$ 4.08 billion (5.6%) in Manufacturing Industry products. In the accumulated figures for the current year, compared to the same period of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 4.34 billion (4.2%) in Manufacturing Industry products; decrease of US$ 0.53 billion (19.0%) in Agriculture and US$ 0.31 billion (6.2%) in Extractive Industry.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.