How to Export to Brazil - Sprint Lazio

Table II.6
Brazilian imports by regional blocs
Brazil – Ministry of External Relations
Amount (US$ Million) Share of total (%) Growth over the
period before (%)
2004 2005 jan-sep 2004 2005 jan-sep 2004 2005 jan-sep
2006 2006 2006ª
Asia 12.278 16.870 16.548 19,6 22,9 24,8 37,6 37,4 34,4
European Union 15.923 18.146 14.963 25,4 24,7 22,4 22,1 14,0 9,3
Nafta 13.081 14.714 12.634 20,8 20,0 18,9 18,8 12,5 15,9
South America 9.273 10.685 10.692 14,8 14,5 16,0 21,5 15,2 38,3
Africa 6.172 6.667 6.268 9,8 9,1 9,4 89,7 8,0 27,5
Middle East 2.304 2.510 2.295 3,7 3,4 3,4 42,3 8,9 29,4
rest of Europe
Central America and
2.599 2.595 2.171 4,1 3,5 3,3 27,8 (0,1) 20,0
the Caribbean 750 701 596 1,2 1,0 0,9 37,0 15,3 38,5
Oceania 402 662 569 0,6 0,9 0,9 27,2 64,7 25,3
ª Over jan-sep/2005
Source: Funcex, based on Secex data
• South America
Brazil’s trade with its South American neighbors has grown in recent years, but it still
remains somewhat asymmetric. Brazilian exports to these countries grew at a rate of
41.2% per year between 2003 and 2005, while imports from the same countries
increased at a much slower rate, 11.9% per year. The result was a growing trade
surplus for Brazil, which, in 2005, exceeded US$ 10 billion. These figures contrast
with those of the period 1997-2002, when trade flows were balanced (Graph II.10). It is
also worth noting that Brazilian exports to its neighbors today exceed US$ 20 billion
per year, almost doubling the sums recorded at the end of the 1990s. Meanwhile,
imports are slightly above US$ 10 billion, a level quite similar to the one at the end of
the 1990s.
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