In fact, it’s the third export complex in amount of annual foreign exchange entered the country, behind the oilseed and cereal. In the first quarter of 2022, US$1,962 million in SBC were exported, 25% more than in the same period of 2021, and 15.9% above 2019), according to numbers from the Study Center for the Production (CEP XXI).
But it was also the second highest figure in history, just behind the US $ 1,969 million registered in 2018. In addition, it is the fourth consecutive year-on-year increase, mainly linked to the good performance in the two largest items. weight: business services and telecommunications, computer and information services.
Business services totaled external sales of US$1,088 million and grew by 28.7% year-on-year, and also exceeded 2019 by 13.2%.
The item represented 55.4% of total SBC exports and contributed the greatest positive impact on the general performance, with an increase of 15.5 percentage points. In this way, it registers four quarters of uninterrupted year-on-year rise.
Growth by category
Inside, the growth of the two main sub-items stood out: professional and consulting services, whose exports represented 50.6% of the total and rose 38.6%, and technical services related to engineering, architecture and trade. , which represented 36.2% of the total and rose 21.4%.
Lastly, exports of research and development services expanded 16.4%, and represented 13.1% of the total.
Telecommunications, computer and information services exported US$668 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.5% and 29.5% compared to 2019, and represented 34% of total SBC exports with a positive impact of 7 .5 percentage points.
The result is mainly explained by the 22.7% rise in exports of computer services, which represented 94.5% of the category.
Exports of telecommunications services, which are 4.3% of the item, fell 3.2%, while information services, which are 1.2%, grew 48.3%.
Among the other items, which accounted for 10.5% of total SBC exports, the year-on-year evolution of charges for the use of intellectual property stood out (+51.6%, with a representation of 3.1% in the total external sales of SBC) and personal, cultural and recreational services (+6.7%; 5.1% of the total).
Source: Ambito
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