1 Minute Read by Reuters Staff Reuters, BRASILIA, July 1 – According to numbers released on Thursday, Brazil had a $10.4 billion trade surplus in June, close to the $10.7 billion consensus prediction in a Reuters poll and up substantially from a $6.5 billion surplus in the same month previous year. According to the ministry, exports totaled $28.1 billion in June, while imports totaled $17.7 billion. This brings the first-half trade surplus to $37.5 billion, up 68 percent from the $22.3 billion surplus recorded a year ago. (Isabel Versiani and Jamie McGeever contributed reporting.)/nRead More