The accumulated trade balance surplus over the past 12 months reached US$37.025 billion through January 2026, the
In monthly terms, January recorded a trade surplus of US$4.622 billion, up by US$2.452 billion compared with the same month in 2025, the issuing entity said.
Exports totaled US$9.858 billion in January, up 37.8% from the same month a year earlier.
This growth was driven mainly by a 35.3% increase in export prices and, to a lesser extent, a 1.9% rise in volumes.
Meanwhile, imports increased 5.1% to reach US$5.236 billion in January, driven mainly by higher purchases of durable consumer goods and capital goods, according to the BCR.