Brazilian surplus reaches US$ 1.7 billion in the fourth week of October 2026

In the 4th week of October 2026, the trade balance recorded a surplus of US$ 1.7 billion and a current of trade of US$ 15.2 billion, resulting from exports worth US$ 8.5 billion and imports of US$ 6.8 billion. In the month, exports totaled US$ 29.31 billion and imports, US$ 21.9 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 7.4 billion and a current of trade of US$ 51.17 billion.

In the year, exports totaled US$ 314 billion and imports, US$ 244.1 billion, with a positive balance of US$ 69.8 billion and a current of trade of US$ 558.1 billion. These and other data were presented on Monday (October 26th) by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (Secex/MDIC).

Preliminary Partial Trade Balance - 4th Week of October/2026

In exports, compared to the average until the 4th week of October/2026 (US$ 1.832 billion) with that of October/2025 (US$ 1.432 billion), there was a growth of 27.9%. In relation to imports, there was a growth of 21.1% in the comparison between the average until the 4th week of October/2026 (US$ 1.366 billion) with that of the month of October/2025 (US$ 1.128 billion).

Thus, until the 4th week of October/2026, the total trade flow averaged US$ 3,198.14 million and the balance, also on a daily basis, was US$ 465.57 million. Comparing this period with the average of October/2025, there was a 24.9% increase in the trade flow.

Exports and Imports by Sector

In the cumulative period until the 4th week of October/2026, compared with the same month of the previous year, the performance of theexporting sectorson a daily basis was as follows: growth of US$ 58.05 million (18.9%) in Agriculture; of US$ 190.59 million (55.9%) in Extractive Industry and of US$ 143.04 million (18.4%) in Manufacturing products.

In the cumulative period up to the 4th week of October 2026, compared to the same month of the previous year, the performance of theimporting sectorsbased on the average daily was as follows: growth of US$ 5.37 million (24.4%) in Agriculture; of US$ 21.2 million (43.5%) in Mining and US$ 209.2 million (19.9%) in manufacturing products.