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Brazil’s trade surplus narrowed to USD 3.428 billion in November 2019 from USD 4.076 billion in the same month last year but above market expectations of USD 3.365 billion. Both, imports and exports dropped 16 percent from a year earlier. This comes after the US President Donald Trump announced today that he will reimpose steel and aluminium tariffs on the country.

Brazil's trade surplus narrowed to USD 1.21 billion in October 2019 from USD 5.79 billion in the same month last year and slightly below market expectations of USD 1.25 billion. Exports slumped 16.7 percent to USD 18.23 billion while imports rose 5.7 percent to USD 17.03 billion.

Brazil's trade surplus narrowed to USD 2.25 billion in September 2019 from USD 5.07 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year and below market expectations of a USD 3.2 billion surplus. Exports dropped 11.6 percent over a year earlier while imports rose 5.7 percent.

Brazil's trade surplus widened to USD 3.28 billion in August 2019 from USD 2.77 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year and slightly above market consensus of USD 3.20 billion. Exports declined 12.5 percent over a year earlier and imports dropped at a faster 17.1 percent.

Brazil's trade surplus decreased to USD 2.29 billion in July 2019 from USD 3.87 billion in the same month of the previous year and below market expectations of a USD 3.8 billion surplus. It is the smallest trade surplus recorded for a July month since 2014, as exports slipped 11 percent year-on-year and imports fell at a softer 4.8 percent.

Brazil's trade surplus narrowed to USD 5.02 billion in June 2019 from USD 5.88 billion in the same month of the previous year and below market consensus of a USD 5.4 billion surplus. Exports fell 10.3 percent year-on-year and imports dropped at a softer 9.1 percent.