In April 2026, exports totaled US$ 34.1 billion, breaking a historical record, and imports, US$ 23.6 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 10.5 billion and a trade flow of US$ 57.8 billion. For the year, exports total US$ 116.6 billion and imports, US$ 91.77 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 24.8 billion and a trade flow of US$ 208.3 billion. These, and other data, were released this Thursday (7), by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the month of April / 2026 (US$ 34.15 billion) with April / 2025 (US$ 29.89 billion), there was a growth of 14.3%. Regarding imports, there was a 6.2% increase when comparing April 2026 (US$ 23.61 billion) with April 2025 (US$ 22.22 billion). Thus, in April 2026, the total trade flow reached US$ 57.76 billion, and the balance was US$ 10.54 billion. Comparing this period with April 2025, there was a 10.8% increase in trade flow. In exports, comparing the value from January to April 2026 (US$ 116.55 billion) with that of January to April 2025 (US$ 106.76 billion), there was a 9.2% increase. Regarding imports, there was a 2.5% increase between the value for the period January/April 2026 (US$ 91.77 billion) and January/April 2025 (US$ 89.49 billion). Finally, the total trade flow reached US$ 208.32 billion, showing a 6.1% increase when comparing these periods.
Exports and imports by sector
In April 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the export sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 1.28 billion (16.1%) in Agriculture; US$ 1.26 billion (17.9%) in Extractive Industry; and US$ 1.71 billion (11.6%) in Manufacturing products. In the accumulated figures for the current year, compared to the same period of the previous year, the performance of the export sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 1.64 billion (6.6%) in Agriculture; US$ 5.32 billion (22.2%) in Extractive Industry; and US$ 2.76 billion (4.8%) in Manufacturing products. In April 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 4.3 million (0.4%) in Extractive Industries, and of US$ 1.51 billion (7.4%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry; there was a decrease of US$ 0.15 billion (25.8%) in Agriculture. 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$ 2.94 billion (3.6%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry; a decrease of US$ 0.49 billion (21.4%) in Agriculture, and of US$ 0.22 billion (5.3%) in Extractive Industries.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.