Brazil Imports

Imports to Brazil increased 17.7 percent year-on-year to USD 16.1 billion in October of 2018. Purchases went up for intermediate goods (16.5 percent), consumption goods (12.9 percent), fuels and lubricants (30 percent) and capital goods (16.4 percent). Imports came mainly from China (purchases up 13.9 percent), the EU (4.7 percent), the US (23 percent), and the Middle East (135.5 percent). Imports in Brazil averaged 4511.51 USD Million from 1959 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 23061.08 USD Million in October of 2013 and a record low of 67 USD Million in March of 1965.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2013-03-01	06:00 PM	Imports	$16827M	$20003M

Brazil Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	6121.36	4944.38	7661.35	-4066.52	USD Million	[+]
Exports	22225.97	19060.34	26158.51	75.06	USD Million	[+]
Imports	16104.61	14115.96	23061.08	67.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	31.80	717.20	3007.00	-13164.70	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-0.48	-1.30	1.80	-8.20	percent	[+]
External Debt	652274.64	648996.48	714260.45	64259.50	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	106.56	107.32	132.67	64.72	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	677.40	1695.10	2919.60	-13168.80	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	7829.20	10607.00	20427.00	-24.10	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	207.00	244.00	386.00	70.80	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	67.30	67.30	119.01	31.99	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	2575.00	2590.00	2730.00	330.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	1.57	1.74	2.69	0.00		[+]
Weapons Sales	45.00	111.00	269.00	1.00	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	6589.00	6547.00	6589.00	1991.00	Thousand	[+]

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Brazil main imports are: raw material, chemical products, machinery, fuels and lubricants, passenger cars, pharmaceutical products and food. Main import partners are China (18 percent), the United States (16 percent), Germany and Argentina (6 percent each) and South Korea (3 percent). 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 November of 2018.