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Brazil – Ministry of External Relations
are close to US$ 12 billion/year, but they were as high as US$ 13 billion in 1998.
Regarding non-durable goods, imports are now close to US$ 5.5 billion, still lower
than the US$ 6.2 billion recorded in 1998.
Without any shadow of doubt, consumer and capital goods suffered the greatest
impact from the currency devaluation in 1999, but their import level is now on a clear
recovery course. Considering that the Brazilian GDP today is 21% higher than it was in
1998 and that there is a positive economic environment for imports – with a growth in
domestic demand, a strong currency and a comfortable trade balance surplus –, it is
believed that the imports market tends to grow at relatively fast rates in the coming
years, especially in consumer and capital goods.
Table II.4
Brazilian imports by categories of use
Capital Raw materials Consumer Consumer Fuels
goods and intermediate durable non-durable
goods goods goods
Amount (US$ Million)
2004 7,688 39,876 1,305 3,946 9,967
2005 9,912 45,328 1,805 4,721 11,785
jan-sep/2006 8,988 39,786 2,282 4,292 11,382
Share of total (%)
2004/2003 12.2 63.5 2.1 6.3 15.9
2005/2004 13.5 61.6 2.5 6.4 16.0
jan-sep/2006/2005 13.5 59.6 3.4 6.4 17.1
Growth over the previous period (%)
2004/2003 7.5 32.2 23.0 15.1 54.3
2005/2004 28.9 13.7 38.3 19.6 18.2
jan-sep/2006/2005 24.2 18.2 86.4 27.5 32.1
Source: Secex - MDIC.
• Countries and economic blocs
Brazil’s exports present a healthy diversification in terms of destination markets. Although
Nafta and EU countries account together for more than 45% of the total sales, their
participation has been shrinking in recent years, for the benefit, in particular, of South
American countries. From January to September 2006, Brazilian exports to South
American countries reached 19.1%, which is two percentage points higher than in
2004 (Table II.5). Asian countries had also played an important role in Brazilian exports:
they were the buyers of 15% of our international sales in 2006, while other significant
shares came from Central America and the Caribbean (6.1%), Africa (5.4%), the remaining
European countries (4.6%) and the Middle East (3.8%).
Regarding the growth rates in exports in recent years, sales have increased in a faster
pace to South America, Asia, Africa and Central America and the Caribbean. On the
other hand, the performance of the sales to Nafta and EU countries have been more
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