In July, exports grew 6.7% and totaled US$ 19.38 billion up to the 3rd week of the month compared to the same period in 2025, according to figures released by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) on Monday (20). Imports grew 1.6% and totaled US$ 14.43 billion. Thus, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 4.95 billion, with growth of 25.2%, and the trade flow increased 4.5%, reaching US$ 33.82 billion. In the accumulated period from January to the 3rd week of July, compared to January/July 2025, exports grew 10.8% and totaled US$ 204.16 billion. Imports grew 4.9% and totaled US$ 156.85 billion. As a result of these findings, the trade balance showed a surplus of US$47.31 billion, representing a growth of 36.7%, and the trade flow registered an increase of 8.2%, reaching US$361.00 billion.
Sectors and Products
Up to the 3rd week of July, the performance of the sectors was as follows: growth of 6.5% in Agriculture, totaling US$ 4.31 billion; growth of 17.2% in Extractive Industry, reaching US$ 4.92 billion; and finally, growth of 1.4% in Manufacturing Industry, reaching US$ 9.99 billion. The combination of these results led to an increase in total exports. The expansion of exports was mainly driven by growth in sales of the following products: Raw tobacco (504.7%), Soybeans (16.9%) and Raw cotton (37.8%) in Agriculture; Other raw minerals (30.5%), Nickel ores and their concentrates (160.3%) and Crude petroleum oils or bituminous minerals (45.0%) in the Extractive Industry; Poultry meat and edible offal, fresh, chilled or frozen (39.1%), Soybean meal and other animal feed (excluding unmilled cereals), meat and other animal meal (52.9%) and Fuel oils from petroleum or bituminous minerals (except crude oils) (76.4%) in the Manufacturing Industry. In turn, although exports showed growth, the following products registered a decrease in sales: Unmilled corn, except sweet corn (-40.3%), Fruits and non-oilseed nuts, fresh or dried (-15.0%) and Unroasted coffee (-24.5%) in Agriculture; Stone, sand and gravel (-39.7%), Iron ore and its concentrates (-8.9%) and Copper ores and their concentrates (-54.5%) in the Extractive Industry; Sugars and molasses (-31.9%), Passenger motor vehicles (-44.5%) and Aircraft and other equipment, including their parts (-52.4%) in the Manufacturing Industry.
Imports
Up to the 3rd week of July 2026, the performance of imports by economic activity sector was as follows: a decrease of -16.3% in Agriculture, totaling US$ 0.24 billion; growth of 37.7% in Extractive Industry, reaching US$ 0.78 billion; and finally, growth of 0.4% in Manufacturing Industry, reaching US$ 13.33 billion. The combination of these results motivated the increase in imports. The growth in imports was influenced by the expansion of purchases of the following products: Whole live, dead or chilled fish (15.0%), Unmilled barley (53.5%) and Fresh or chilled vegetables (50.4%) in Agriculture; Other ores and concentrates of base metals (153.1%), Crude petroleum oils or bituminous minerals (34.5%) and Natural gas, liquefied or not (74.6%) in the Extractive Industry; Fuel oils from petroleum or bituminous minerals (except crude oils) (18.3%), Automatic data processing machines and their units, for recording data, magnetic or optical readers (228.8%) and Thermionic valves and tubes, cold cathode or photocathode, diodes, transistors (35.3%) in the Manufacturing Industry. Although the result of imports was growth, the following products decreased: Wheat and rye, unmilled (-27.3%), Soybeans (-61.6%) and Latex, natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and natural gums (-54.4%) in Agriculture; Unroasted iron pyrites (-96.8%), Coal, even powdered, but not agglomerated (-6.0%) and Lignite and peat (-54.7%) in the Extractive Industry; Other medicines, including veterinary medicines (-21.9%), Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products (-31.9%) and Non-electric motors and machinery, and their parts (except piston engines and generators) (-74.8%) in the Manufacturing Industry.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.