The timely information on foreign trade for May 2022 indicates a trade deficit of 2,215 million dollars, a balance that compares with the surplus of 387 million dollars in the same month of 2021. In the first five months of 2022, the balance trade presented a deficit of 8,987 million dollars. In May 2022, the value of merchandise exports reached 50,005 million dollars, a figure made up of 46,196 million dollars of non-oil exports and 3,809 million dollars of oil exports. Thus, in the reference month, total exports showed an annual rise of 22.4%, which resulted from increases of 20% in non-oil exports and 63% in oil ... (full story)