Trade Balance: Year-to-date surplus through the 4th week of July reaches US$48.9 billion.

Up to the 4th week of July, compared to the same month in 2025, exports grew 9.7% and totaled US$ 27.59 billion in the month, according to monitoring by the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), released this Monday (27). Imports grew 7.0% and totaled US$ 21.05 billion. Thus, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 6.54 billion, with growth of 19.4%, and the trade flow increased 8.5%, reaching US$ 48.63 billion. In the accumulated period from January to the 4th week of July, compared to the same period in 2025, exports grew 11.2% and totaled US$ 212.36 billion. Imports grew 5.4% and totaled US$ 163.46 billion. As a consequence of these results, the trade balance showed a surplus of US$ 48.90 billion, with growth of 36.2%, and the trade flow registered an increase of 8.6%, reaching US$ 375.82 billion. Sectors and Products Up to the 4th week of July, the performance of the sectors in the month was as follows: growth of 14.3% in Agriculture, which totaled US$ 6.40 billion; growth of 11.4% in Extractive Industry, which reached US$ 6.48 billion and, finally, growth of 6.4% in Manufacturing Industry, which reached US$ 14.50 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: Fresh or chilled vegetables (18.3%), Soybeans (24.6%) and Raw Cotton (33.9%) in Agriculture; Nickel ores and their concentrates (88.0%), Other ores and concentrates of base metals (85.5%) and Crude petroleum oils or bituminous minerals (31.4%) in the Extractive Industry; Poultry meat and edible offal, fresh, chilled or frozen (43.4%), Soybean meal and other animal feed (excluding unmilled cereals), meat and other animal meal (42.3%) and Fuel oils from petroleum or bituminous minerals (except crude oils) (73.6%) in the Manufacturing Industry. In turn, although the result of exports was growth, the following products registered a decrease in sales: Unmilled corn, except sweet corn (-20.7%), Fruits and non-oilseed nuts, fresh or dried (-4.6%) and Unroasted coffee (-20.4%) in Agriculture; Stone, sand and gravel (-14.3%), Iron ore and its concentrates (-10.5%) and Copper ores and their concentrates (-29.5%) in the Extractive Industry; Sugars and molasses (-19.9%), Passenger motor vehicles (-33.8%) and Aircraft and other equipment, including their parts (-49.8%) in the Manufacturing Industry. Imports Up to the 4th week of July, the performance of imports by sector of economic activity was as follows: a decrease of -9.8% in Agriculture, which totaled US$ 0.35 billion; growth of 29.5% in the Extractive Industry, which reached US$ 1.02 billion and, finally, growth of 6.4% in the Manufacturing Industry, which reached US$ 19.54 billion. The combination of these results motivated the increase in imports. The growth in imports was influenced by increased purchases of the following products: Whole live, dead or chilled fish (11.6%), Unmilled barley (11.2%) and Fresh or chilled vegetables (57.0%) in Agriculture; Other ores and concentrates of base metals (113.9%), Crude petroleum oils or bituminous minerals (34.5%) and Natural gas, liquefied or not (23.0%) in the Extractive Industry; Fuel oils from petroleum or bituminous minerals (except crude oils) (38.6%), Automatic data processing machines and their units, for recording data, magnetic or optical readers (230.2%) and Thermionic valves and tubes, cold cathode or photocathode, diodes, transistors (52.4%) in the Manufacturing Industry. Although imports showed growth overall, the following products decreased: Wheat and rye, unmilled (-5.8%), Soybeans (-55.6%) and Latex, natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and natural gums (-42.9%) in Agriculture; Raw fertilizers (except manures) (-8.0%), Stone, sand and gravel (-17.7%) and Lignite and peat (-30.7%) in the Extractive Industry; Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products (-16.6%), Non-electric motors and machinery, and their parts (except piston engines and generators) (-75.7%) and Platforms, vessels and other floating structures (-90.1%) in the Manufacturing Industry. 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.