The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) reports that In the fourth week of January, the trade balance presented a positive result (surplus) of US$ 817 million, from exports of US$ 2.322 billion and import of US$ 1.505 billion. The accumulated surplus is US$ 2.566 billion.In the year, the trade balance already includes exports of US$ 8.457 billion, 19.3% more than in the same period in 2005 (US$ 7.444 billion) and imports totalled US$ 5.891 billion. The information was disclosed today (30) by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
