The Atradius Payment Practices Barometer survey results for Brazil show that the country's economy is recovering slowly, with GDP growth expected to pick up to 0.6% this year. Brazil's relatively low share of exports to the US makes it less vulnerable to US protectionism than other countries in the Americas region. However, respondents in Brazil are more concerned about risks stemming from US protectionism than from risks arising from the slowdown in Asia or from Brexit. The survey found that 47.7% of B2B sales in Brazil were made on credit in 2017, which is higher than the 45.5% of sales made on credit to foreign B2B customers. The survey also found that the 2017 proportion of B2B sales on credit terms in Brazil (47.7%) is slightly higher than that registered in the Americas overall (45.5%).
