After bottoming out in 2020, trade between Brazil and the United States is recovering for the first time in 11 years, thanks mainly to expanded Brazilian exports totaling US$ 10.671 billion, up 25.5% for the first five months compared to the same period in 2020. American exports had a much more modest increase, in the order of 1.5%, to US$ 13.485 billion.
The trade flow (exports + imports) registered an increase of 10.9%, totaling US$ 24.163 billion. During the period, the United States had a trade surplus with Brazil of US$ 2.807 billion. The data are from SECEX (the foreign trade secretariat) of the Ministry of Finance.
