Trade Balance: Year-to-date surplus through the third week of May reaches US$30.4 billion.

In the 3rd week of May 2026, the trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 1.5 billion and a trade flow of US$ 13.5 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 7.5 billion and imports of US$ 6 billion. In the month, exports totaled US$ 23.5 billion and imports US$ 17.8 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 5.7 billion and a trade flow of US$ 41.3 billion. In the year, exports total US$ 140 billion and imports US$ 109.6 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 30.4 billion and a trade flow of US$ 249.6 billion. These and other results were released this Monday (25), 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 3rd week of May 2026 (US$ 1.565 billion) with that of May 2025 (US$ 1.424 billion), there was a growth of 9.9%. Regarding imports, there was a growth of 9.2% when comparing the averages up to the 3rd week of May 2026 (US$ 1.188 billion) with that of May 2025 (US$ 1.088 billion). Thus, up to the 3rd week of May 2026, the daily average of the total trade flow was US$ 2,754.6 million and the balance, also by daily average, was US$ 376.79 million. Comparing this period with the average of May 2025, there was a growth of 9.6% in the trade flow.

Exports and Imports by Sector

In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of May 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$ 65.17 million (18.5%) in Agriculture and US$ 111.89 million (15.4%) in Manufacturing products; there was a decrease of US$ 37.56 million (11.1%) in Extractive Industry. In the accumulated period up to the 3rd week of May 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$ 1.37 million (3.0%) in Extractive Industry and US$ 98.79 million (9.8%) in Manufacturing products; there was a decrease of US$ 1.31 million (5.5%) in Agriculture. 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.