Economic data

Goods trade balance of Brazil: total exports FOB minus total imports FOB, US dollars, not seasonally adjusted, as the trade ministry's Comex Stat system publishes the two flows; SOTW subtracts them exactly. Recent months are revised as the ministry updates its data; release times and vintages are unknown.

Fonte: MDIC/SECEX, Comex Stat (exportações e importações FOB, mensal), acessado em 2026-11-09. Balance (exports minus imports) calculated by Statistics of the World.

Reuse terms: Brazil federal statutory reuse of selected numeric facts. Effective resale permission: permitted under the provider terms.

Series-wide coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-10-01. SOTW publication: 2026-11-09T22:41:03.606618+00:00.

Acquisition and dataset-update dates do not establish original publication dates. This view shows current source readings. Use a recorded-state pin to replay SOTW’s archive from its activation boundary.

This reviewed definition covers one geography with its publisher’s own method and scope. Country overlays require a qualified comparable cohort.

{
  "unit": "million USD",
  "concept": "Merchandise trade balance: total exports FOB minus total imports FOB, Brazil, with all countries",
  "dataset": "MDIC/SECEX Comex Stat, general query (exports and imports, FOB, monthly)",
  "selection": {
    "flows": [
      "export",
      "import"
    ],
    "method": "POST",
    "metric": "metricFOB",
    "period": "1997-01 to December of the run year",
    "partner": "all countries (no filter)",
    "endpoint": "https://api-comexstat.mdic.gov.br/general",
    "products": "all (no filter)",
    "month_detail": true
  },
  "valuation": "exports and imports both FOB, US dollars, as the query metric metricFOB states",
  "rate_limit": "Two POSTs per run, 60 seconds apart (the API refuses closer requests with HTTP 429).",
  "rights_url": "https://anttlegis.antt.gov.br/action/ActionDatalegis.php?acao=abrirTextoAto&cod_menu=7145&cod_modulo=420&nomeTitulo=codigos&numeroAto=00008777&orgao=NI&seqAto=000&tipo=DEC&valorAno=2016",
  "access_note": "Comex Stat's HTML pages and robots.txt answer automated clients with a Cloudflare block page (seen 2026-11-07); the documented API endpoint answers normally. No block is worked around.",
  "status_rule": "The API gives no per-observation flag; a missing, repeated or zero month, or any other layout, refuses the family.",
  "growth_basis": "level (balance), calculated by SOTW: (exports FOB - imports FOB) / 1,000,000",
  "rights_scope": "Brazil federal open-data policy (Decreto 8.777/2016), as recorded for IBGE: selected official numerical facts in SOTW's own schema and presentation, credited to the ministry.",
  "source_updated": {
    "latest_period": "2026-10",
    "actual_source_availability_at": null,
    "original_publisher_release_at": null
  },
  "admitted_history": "Every published month from 1997-01 (the API's monthly origin)",
  "seasonal_adjustment": "not seasonally adjusted",
  "publisher_balance_note": "Comex Stat publishes the two flows; the ministry's release states the balance, which SOTW does not read.",
  "native_values_recomputed": false,
  "seasonal_adjustment_basis": "Comex Stat publishes registered trade values; no adjustment is stated or applied.",
  "private_raw_source_bodies_publicly_redistributed": false
}