Revenue from agricultural exports rises 9.2% in the first half of the year.

For the year, exports totaled US$ 184.8 billion and imports US$ 142.4 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 42.4 billion and a trade flow of US$ 327.2 billion. These, and other data, were presented this Friday (3), by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the month of June / 2026 (US$ 36.28 billion) with June / 2025 (US$ 29.04 billion), there was a growth of 24.9%. Regarding imports, there was a growth of 14.4% in the comparison between the month of June / 2026 (US$ 26.52 billion) with the month of June / 2025 (US$ 23.18 billion). Thus, in June 2026, the total trade flow reached US$ 62.8 billion, with a trade surplus of US$ 9.76 billion. Comparing this period to June 2025, there was a 20.3% increase in trade flow. Regarding exports, comparing the value of January/June 2026 (US$ 184.77 billion) with that of January/June 2025 (US$ 165.72 billion), there was an 11.5% increase. As for imports, there was a 5.1% increase between the value of January/June 2026 (US$ 142.42 billion) and January/June 2025 (US$ 135.53 billion). Finally, the total trade flow value reached US$ 327.19 billion, showing an 8.6% increase when comparing these periods. Exports and Imports by Sector In June 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the exporting sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 1.24 billion (18.0%) in Agriculture; growth of US$ 3.66 billion (58.4%) in Extractive Industry and growth of US$ 2.31 billion (14.7%) in products of the Manufacturing Industry. In the accumulated total for the current year, compared to the same period of the previous year, the performance of the exporting sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 3.59 billion (9.2%) in Agriculture; of US$ 9.06 billion (24.2%) in Extractive Industry and of US$ 6.29 billion (7.1%) in products of the Manufacturing Industry. In June 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors was as follows: growth of US$ 1.7 million (0.4%) in Agriculture; of US$ 0.23 billion (25.0%) in Extractive Industry and US$ 3.09 billion (14.3%) 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$ 7.41 billion (5.9%) in Manufacturing Industry products; a decrease of US$ 0.53 billion (16.3%) in Agriculture; and of US$ 0.08 billion (1.3%) in Extractive Industry. 

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