Brazil Imports

Imports to Brazil went down 17.1 percent over a year earlier to USD 15.57 billion in August 2019, due to lower purchases of intermediate (-6.2 percent), capital (-37.8 percent) and consumption goods (-11 percent). In addition exports of fuels & lubricants decreased 36.9 percent. Among major trading partners, imports dropped from China (-41.1 percent) and Argentina (-30 percent), but advanced from the EU (1.5 percent) and the US (18.9 percent). Imports in Brazil averaged 4634.92 USD Million from 1959 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 23049.60 USD Million in October of 2013 and a record low of 67 USD Million in March of 1965.

Imports in Brazil is expected to be 18100.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in Brazil to stand at 18500.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Brazil Imports is projected to trend around 22000.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Brazil Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	3280.00	2290.00	7660.98	-4068.90	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-9034.90	-2913.60	3104.70	-13345.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-0.77	-0.35	1.80	-8.20	percent	[+]
Imports	15569.00	17761.00	23049.60	67.00	USD Million	[+]
Exports	18853.00	20054.00	26148.24	75.06	USD Million	[+]
External Debt	680070.50	663800.83	714260.45	64259.50	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	111.92	111.00	132.65	64.67	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-8213.70	-2529.80	3366.30	-13679.20	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	7657.89	2189.83	16274.73	-101.00	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	211.00	251.40	386.00	70.80	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	67.36	67.40	119.01	31.99	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	2731.00	2604.00	2731.00	330.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	1.39	1.57	2.69	0.00		[+]
Weapons Sales	111.00	47.00	267.00	1.00	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	6621.00	6589.00	6621.00	1991.00	Thousand	[+]

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Brazil Imports

Brazil imports mainly manufactured goods (85 percent of total imports), namely machinery, fuels and lubricants, chemicals and pharmaceutical products, and parts and accessories for motor vehicles and tractors. The country also imports raw materials (10 percent), mostly crude oil, coal, natural gas and wheat grain. Main import partners are China (19 percent), the US (16 percent), Argentina and Germany (6 percent each) and South Korea and Mexico (3 percent each). This page provides the latest reported value for - Brazil Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Brazil Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.