	brazil  surplus rises in february the  surplus doubled in february to mln dlrs from january s mln but was below the mln of february official figures show the director of the banco do brasil s foreign  department cacex roberto fendt told reporters the upturn in february confirmed a rising trend in exports which totalled billion dlrs against billion in january and after excluding coffee and oil derivitives was only slightly below the same month last year coffee earnings were down to mln dlrs against mln in february because of lower prices he added fendt said that although the february results were lower than the average expected for the rest of the year the government s target of an eight billion dlr surplus for should be achieved this would compare with a surplus of billion dlrs exports this year are expected to total billion dlrs and imports billion he added in exports totalled billion dlrs and imports billion fendt said the rise in imports in february to billion dlrs from billion in february last year was in line with government plans to foster economic growth fendt said that imports were running at levels well above the traditional average for brazil in the first two months of the year imports excluding oil and wheat totalled billion dlrs against billion in the same period this rise in import demand reflected the needs of brazilian industry to equip to raise production and is perfectly compatible with the government s program for economic growth fendt added reuter 
