Brazil posted a trade deficit of $939 million in September, its first monthly deficit after six straight positive results this year, government data showed. The median forecast of 12 analysts surveyed by Reuters was for a deficit of $650 million in September. The country posted a surplus of $1.17 billion in August. So far this year the country has accumulated a trade deficit of $690 million, smaller than the $1.760 billion gap registered over the same period last year. A drop in prices for key commodity exports like iron ore and soy has dragged down the value of exports in a country where hefty trade surpluses used to be the norm. On the other hand, imports of everything from clothes to electronics remain strong. The South American country posted a trade surplus of $2.4 billion in 2013, its smallest surplus in more than a decade. As recently as 2011, Brazil posted a surplus of $29.8 billion, or the equivalent of 1.20 percent of gross domestic product. Opening up Brazil to more foreign trade would be a "disaster for Brazilian industry," Trade Minister Mauro Borges said in a newspaper interview on Saturday. The comments may offer a preview of Brazilian trade policy for the next four years should President Dilma Rousseff win re-election this month. (Reuters)