Brazil recorded a positive foreign exchange flow of US$937 million in July, the Central Bank (BC) reported this Wednesday (31). The data is preliminary and related to July 26. In June, the flow was positive at US$5.603 billion.
The financial channel, a segment that brings together foreign direct and portfolio investments, profit remittances and interest payments, among other operations, had an outflow of US$ 2.009 billion, the result of US$ 43.307 billion in purchases and US$ 45.316 billion in sales.
The preliminary foreign trade balance was positive at US$2.946 billion. This result is due to US$17.841 billion in imports and US$20.787 billion in exports.
In the week of July 22-26, the foreign exchange flow was positive at US$1.771 billion. The financial channel had a net inflow of US$963 million, with purchases of US$10.948 billion and sales of US$9.985 billion.
The foreign trade balance was also positive at US$808 million, with US$5.109 billion in imports and US$5.917 billion in exports.
Accumulated
In the year to date, the balance is positive at US$ 12.375 billion, a higher result than in 2023, when the net inflow of the US currency into Brazil reached US$ 11.491 billion.
In the period from January to July 26, net outflows of US$ 41.589 billion were recorded, resulting from contributions of US$ 337.538 billion and outflows of US$ 379.127 billion.
The Central Bank also reported that the foreign trade balance is also positive in 2024. In the period from January to July 26, it was US$ 53.964 billion, referring to imports of US$ 124.633 billion and exports of US$ 178.597 billion.
