Trade Balance: Year-to-date surplus through the third week of March reaches US$13.3 billion.

In the 3rd week of March 2026, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 1.4 billion and a trade flow of US$ 12.8 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 7.1 billion and imports of US$ 5.7 billion. For the month, exports totaled US$ 21.8 billion and imports US$ 16.6 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 5.2 billion and a trade flow of US$ 38.336 billion. For the year, exports total US$ 72.7 billion and imports US$ 59.4 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 13.3 billion and a trade flow of US$ 132.2 billion. These and other data were published this Monday (March 23rd) by the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (Secex/MDIC). In exports, comparing the averages up to the 3rd week of March 2026 (US$ 1.452 billion) with that of March 2025 (US$ 1.511 billion), there was a decrease of 4.0%. Regarding imports, there was a decrease of 0.1% when comparing the averages up to the 3rd week of March 2026 (US$ 1.103 billion) with that of March 2025 (US$ 1.104 billion). Thus, up to the 3rd week of March 2026, the daily average of the total trade flow was US$ 2,555.71 million and the balance, also by daily average, was US$ 348.47 million. Comparing this period with the average of March 2025, there was a decrease of 2.3% in the trade flow. :: Exports and Imports by Sector In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of March 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the exporting sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 78.26 million (27.6%) in Extractive Industry; there was a decrease of US$ 57.47 million (13.4%) in Agriculture and of US$ 81.26 million (10.3%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry. In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of March 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of the importing sectors by daily average was as follows: growth of US$ 3.29 million (6.6%) in Extractive Industry and of US$ 2.91 million (0.3%) in products from the Manufacturing Industry. There was a decrease of US$ -7.54 million (-24.9%) in Agriculture. 

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