Trade:

Brazilian trade surplus reaches US$ 734 million 17/11/2008
Brasília – The Brazilian trade surplus (exports minus imports) reached US$ 734 million in the second week of November and totals US$ 1.211 so far this month. The figures were disclosed today (17) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Last week, exports totalled US$ 4.356 billion and imports, US$ 3.622 billion. This month, Brazilian foreign sales total US$ 8.520 billion and purchases, US$ 7.309 billion.
In the accumulated result for the year so far, the trade surplus is US$ 22.031 billion, as against US$ 35.109 billion during the same period of 2007. From January until the second week of November this year, exports totalled US$ 177.892 billion and imports, US$ 155.861 billion.
Source: http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia_macro.kmf?cod=7893438