According to ANBA: The Brazilian road implement industry – trailers, semitrailers, interlink-semitrailers and bodies on chassis ended the year of 2008 with production of 138,379 units, ing growth of 25.65% over 2007. The sector answers to around 54,000 direct and indirect jobs and had revenues of 6 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 2.6 billion), as against 3.5 billion (US$ 1.5 billion) in the previous year, considering sales of equipment and parts. Were it not for the cooling of the market after October 2008, due to the global crisis, the sector’s financial result could have been worse," said Rafael Wolf Campos, president at the National Association of Producers of Road Equipment (Anfir), in a press statement. According to M?rio Rinaldi, the executive director at Anfir, of the total production ed in 2008, the domestic market absorbed 131,149 units and exports answered to 7,230 units, growth of 2.45% when compared to 2007. "This distribution is similar to that ed in the previous year," says the press statement. To the director, one of the factors that interfered positively in the sector performance in 2008 was the good performance of agribusiness. The 2007/2008 grain crop presented a record value and reached 143.8 million tonnes. Up to half of last year, the price of commodities helped Brazilian producers capitalise and make investment. The greater consumption of fuels, the elevation of alcohol exports, changes in legislation and greater use of highway transport in logistics of biodiesel and alcohol were mainly responsible for the growth of sales of carbon steel and aluminium tanks.
Road Implement Factory Grew 26%
The sector answers to around 54,000 direct and indirect jobs and had revenues of 6 billion Brazilian reals
By Da Redação
