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status: not_available
error: "Primary source document not accessible: MDIC's balança comercial final release for April 2026 is not available via direct fetch; website requires JavaScript rendering and the consolidated PDF URL is not discoverable within search budget."
date_searched: 2026-05-07T18:19:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://balanca.economia.gov.br/balanca/pg_principal_bc/principais_resultados.html (required browser rendering, content not retrieved)
  - https://www.gov.br/mdic/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2026 (weekly partial results only)
  - http://comexstat.mdic.gov.br/pt/geral (Comex Stat portal, no direct final April 2026 PDF link surfaced)
notes: |
  The payload indicates actual = 10.54 (Billion USD), previous = 6.41, forecast = 10.9.
  Perplexity provided secondary-source numbers (surplus US$ 10.537B) but not the primary publication URL.
  According to MEMORY.md, the source is Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços (MDIC).
  Automated retrieval of the final monthly balance of trade release from this source is currently not feasible without browser-use and possibly manual navigation.
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