The year-to-date trade balance registered a new surplus of US$ 25.21 billion up to the third week of May, an increase of 69.6% by the daily average, compared to January to May 2020. The trade flow (sum of exports and imports) was US$ 178.18 billion in the period, up 25.7%.
The result reflects US$ 101.69 billion of exports, an increase of 29.8%, and US$ 76.48 billion of imports, up 20.5%. The data were released this Monday, May 24, by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (SECEX) of the Ministry of Economy.
