Brazil Imports

Imports to Brazil increased 5.1 percent from a year ago to USD 13.13 billion in March 2019, mainly drive by purchases of capital (13 percent); intermediate (5.8 percent) and consumption goods (1.6 percent). On the other hand, purchases of fuels and lubricants decreased 0.5 percent. Shipments rose to China (3.0 percent) and the US (0.7 percent) while decreased to the EU (-1.3 percent). Imports in Brazil averaged 4567.90 USD Million from 1959 until 2019, 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.

Imports in Brazil is expected to be 18000.00 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 19000.00 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	4990.00	3670.00	7661.35	-4066.52	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-1134.00	-6550.00	3104.70	-13345.00	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-0.77	-0.35	1.80	-8.20	percent	[+]
Imports	13130.00	12620.00	23061.08	67.00	USD Million	[+]
Exports	18120.00	16293.00	26158.51	75.06	USD Million	[+]
External Debt	663800.83	657912.13	714260.45	64259.50	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	104.00	103.68	132.67	64.72	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-635.80	-5598.60	3511.30	-13679.20	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	8399.61	5866.15	16274.70	-181.50	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	201.90	226.20	386.00	70.80	USD Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	67.40	67.30	119.01	31.99	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	2769.00	2567.00	2769.00	330.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	1.39	1.57	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 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 April of 2019.