Brazil Balance of Trade

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

8,150

Units In

USD Million

-320

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 07, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,346.72 May 2023	-4,496.45 Jan 2014	1,177.4 USD Million	1959-2025	N/A

From 2001 to 2012 and 2015 to 2017 Brazil has reported trade surpluses, primarily due to high export of mining and agricultural products. In 2018, the biggest trade surpluses were reported with China, the Netherlands, Argentina, Chile, Iran and Spain while the largest trade deficits were recorded with Germany, South Korea, Russia, Switzerland Algeria and France.

Latest Updates

Brazil's trade surplus rose by 13.8% to $8.2 billion in March 2025, rebounding from the first trade gap since early 2022 in the previous month. Exports rose by 5.5% year-on-year to $29.18 billion, driven by a 10.1% surge in manufactured goods shipments to $15.32 billion, and agricultural exports soaring 16% to $8.22 billion, while extractive industry shipments fell 15.3% to $5.48 billion. Meanwhile, imports edged 2.6% higher to $21.02 billion, led by a 4.8% increase in manufacturing purchases to $19.36 billion and a 22.8% rise in agricultural imports to $0.58 billion.