Trade Balance: Year-to-date surplus through the second week of March reaches US$11.9 billion.

In the second week of March 2026, the trade balance recorded a surplus of US$ 2.2 billion and a trade flow of US$ 12.8 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 7.5 billion and imports of US$ 5.3 billion. In the month, exports totaled US$ 14.7 billion and imports US$ 10.8 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 3.9 billion and a trade flow of US$ 25.5 billion. In the year, exports total US$ 65.6 billion and imports US$ 53.7 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 11.9 billion and a trade flow of US$ 119.4 billion. These and other results were released this Monday (16), by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the averages up to the 2nd week of March 2026 (US$ 1.471 billion) with that of March 2025 (US$ 1.512 billion), there was a decrease of -2.7%. Regarding imports, there was a decrease of -1.9% when comparing the averages up to the 2nd week of March 2026 (US$ 1.083 billion) with that of March 2025 (US$ 1.104 billion). Thus, up to the 2nd week of March 2026, the daily average of the total trade flow was US$ 2.554 million and the balance, also by daily average, was US$ 386.72 million. Comparing this period with the average of March 2025, there was a decrease of -2.4% in the trade flow. :: Exports and Imports by Sector In the accumulated period up to the 2nd week of March 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the exporting sectors, based on the daily average, was as follows: growth of US$ 54.55 million (19.2%) in Extractive Industry; a decrease of US$ 42.2 million (-9.8%) in Agriculture and of US$ 55.18 million (-7.0%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry. In the accumulated period up to the 2nd week of March 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors, based on the daily average, was as follows: growth of US$ 8.5 million (17.1%) in Extractive Industry; a decrease of US$ 6.44 million (-21.3%) in Agriculture and of US$ 22.38 million (-2.2%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry.

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