| Table Name | Brazil |
| 1.0 Contact Information | |
| 1.1 Name | Thiago Said Vieira |
| 1.2 Designation (Job Title) | Head of Division |
| 1.3 Organization | Banco Central do Brasil |
| 1.4 Mailing Address | Setor Bancário Sul (SBS) Quadra 3 Bloco B - Ed. Sede Brasília - DF, CEP: 70074-900 |
| 1.5 Country | Brazil |
| 1.6 Email | thiago.vieira@bcb.gov.br |
| 1.7 Telephone | 0556134142205 |
| 2.0 Concepts, Definitions and Scope | |
| 2.1 Statistical frameworks for the compilation of external debt data | 2013 External Debt Statistics Guide/6th Edition of Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) |
| 2.2 Consistency with the external debt liabilities of the International Investment Position (IIP) | Yes |
| 2.3 Additional Information on Concepts, Definitions and Scope | Except for the currency and deposits held by the Central Bank that are included in the IIP liability side, but are not included in the external debt data. |
| 3.0 Sector Classification/Coverage | |
| 3.1 Data coverage for General Government | Fully covered |
| 3.2 Data coverage for Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.3 Data coverage for Deposit-taking corporations, except the Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.4 Data coverage for Other Sectors | Fully covered |
| 3.5 Data coverage for Other financial corporations | Fully covered |
| 3.6 Data coverage for Nonfinancial corporations | Fully covered |
| 3.7 Data coverage for Households and nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) | Fully covered |
| 3.8 Data coverage for Direct Investment: Intercompany lending | Fully covered |
| 3.9 External debt statistics presented into Public and Publicly Guar. Private Sector and Private Sector Not Publicly Guar. Debt | Yes |
| 3.10 External debt include both foreign currency and domestic currency denominated debt instruments held by nonresidents | Yes |
| 3.11 Additional comments and explanations on Sector Classification/Coverage | None |
| 4.0 Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | |
| 4.1 Data coverage for Currency and deposits | Fully covered |
| 4.2 Data coverage for Debt Securities | Fully covered |
| 4.3 Data coverage for Loans | Fully covered |
| 4.4 Data coverage for Trade credit and advances | Partly covered, with some gaps |
| 4.5 Data coverage for Other debt liabilities | Fully covered |
| 4.6 Data coverage for Special drawing rights (allocations) | Fully covered |
| 4.7 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors | Fully covered |
| 4.8 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises | Fully covered |
| 4.9 Data coverage for Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises | Fully covered |
| 4.10 Arrears (including interest that accrues on arrears) reported in the same debt instrument | Yes |
| 4.11 Arrears separately identified in the memorandum items | No |
| 4.12 Classification of maturity for short-term/long-term debt instruments | Original maturity |
| 4.13 Additional comments and explanations on Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | (i) SDR allocations are included starting from 2003Q3. (ii) Short-term Trade credit and advances are not covered by Brazilian external debt statistics, due to lack of legal base to track this specific liability. |
| 5.0 Valuation and Basis of Recording | |
| 5.1 Main valuation method for debt securities (in main table) | Market Value |
| 5.2 Main valuation method for debt securities (in memorandum items) | Market Value |
| 5.3 Other methods and weights used for valuation of debt securities | In the main table, the market value of debt securities are considered just for the debt securities issued by the Government. Information regarding the market value of the debt securities issued by the private sector is not available and is reported in nominal value. |
| 5.4 Basis for compiling external debt statistics | Cash Basis |
| 5.5 Inclusion of accrued interest costs that are not paid | No |
| 6.0 Data sources/Compiling Organizations | |
| 6.1 Main data source(s) for the external debt statistics | (i) Electronic Declaratory System – Financial Operations Registration (RDE-ROF); (ii) Accounting Plan of Financial Institutions (Cosif) – records the foreign currency liabilities of financial institutions consequent upon utilization of credit lines with financial institutions abroad, as well as those resulting from utilization of letters of import credits and operating account overdrafts; (iii) State company credit lines abroad and; (iv) Reciprocal Credit Agreement (CCR) debt balance – the CCR is an agreement expressed in foreign currency and signed by Banco Central do Brasil and the central banks of the participating countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela) with the objectives of facilitating payments, intensifying economic relations among the respective countries, reducing international exchange flows among participating countries and stimulating relations among financial institutions; (v) The outstanding amount of fixed income securities traded in the domestic market and held by non-residents are obtained with the CVM (Securities and Exchange Comission) and DEMAB - Central Bank of Brazil; (iv) Market prices for the debt securities issued by the Republic in international markets are obtained from information providers. |
| 6.2 Link(s) to national website where the external debt statistics are being disseminated | http://www.bcb.gov.br/pec/sdds/ingl/DetDivExterna_i.shtm |
| 6.3 Link(s) to relevant metadata that currently exists and is consistent with your external debt statistics | http://www.bcb.gov.br/pec/sdds/ingl/divExterna_i.htm |
| 6.4 Primary agency responsible for compiling external debt statistics | Banco Central do Brasil |
| 6.5 Primary agency responsibile for disseminating external debt statistics | Banco Central do Brasil |
| 7.0 Periodicity and Timeliness | |
| 7.1 Frequency of external debt statistics compilation | Quarterly |
| 7.2 Frequency of external debt statistics dissemination | Quarterly |
| 7.3 Timeliness of the publication of the external debt statistics | Up to 90 days after the end of the reference period. |
| 7.4 Additional comments on Periodicity and Timeliness | None |
| 8.0 Revision Policy | |
| 8.1 Data revision policy | None |
| 9.0 Unit of Measure | |
| 9.1 Unit of Measure | Data are in USD. |
| 10.0 Reference Period | |
| 10.1 Reference Period | (i) Data are available starting from 2003Q3. (ii) Data converted through generic conversion from 2003 EDS Guide/BPM5 to 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 basis by the World Bank from 2003Q3 to 2014Q2. (iii) Data reported by country on a 2013EDS/BPM6 basis starting from 2014Q3. (iv) As per 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 methodology, data includes SDR allocations sourced from IMF (the creditor) for period 2003Q3 to 2009Q2 and reported by country from 2009Q3 onward. |
| 11.0 Table Reporting | |
| 11.1 Table 1 - Gross External Debt Position: by Sector (Prescribed component) | Yes |
| 11.2 Table 2 - Gross External Debt Position: Foreign Currency and Domestic Currency Denominated Debt (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.3 Table 3 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector (Encouraged component) | No |
| 11.4 Table 4-Gross External Debt Position:Principal and Interest Payments Due in 1 Yr or less -by Sector (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.5 Table 1.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Debt Securities - Reconciliation of Nominal and Market Value | No |
| 11.6 Table 1.2 - Gross External Debt Position: Other Sectors | Yes |
| 11.7 Table 1.3 - Gross External Debt Position: Public Sector Debt and Publicly-Guaranteed Private Sector Debt | No |
| 11.8 Table 1.4 - Gross External Debt Position: Arrears by Sector | No |
| 11.9 Table 1.5 - Net External Debt Position: by Sector | No |
| 11.10 Table 1.6 - Gross External Debt Position: Reconciliation of Positions and Flows | No |
| 11.11 Table 2.1 - Gross External Foreign Currency and Foreign-Currency-Linked Debt Position | No |
| 11.12 Table 3.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Short-Term Remaining Maturity - by Sector | No |
| 11.13 Table 3.2 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector and Instrument | No |
| 12.0 Metadata Update | |
| 12.1 Metadata last updated | 12/14/2016 |