Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Manufacturers of capital goods should invest more in 2008


The industry of machinery and equipment installed in Brazil estimated 19.94% increase in investment this year to $ 9.39 billion compared to $ 7.83 billion applied in 2007, when rose 13.7% the year before Previous as lifting the Interstate Union of Machinery Industry (Sindimaq) and the Brazilian Association of Machinery and Equipment Industry (Abimaq). The authorities yesterday also released the figures for January this year, when the nominal turnover of the industry grew 38.8%, compared to same month of 2007, reaching $ 5.16 billion.

Apparent consumption (production plus imports with, minus exports) Brazil, meanwhile, gave greater leap of 46%, and was the $ 6.7 billion in the month, pull, in particular, the increase of 60.4% on imports of capital goods in the period, which totaled $ 1.76 billion (FOB). Already exports rose 29% and totaled $ 886 million. The trade deficit grew 112% in the month, to US $ 880 million. Last year, the deficit reached $ 4.8 billion.

As the vice president of Abimaq / Sindimaq, Carlos Nogueira, performance January, although expressive, should be examined with caution, since the same month of last year the results were very low and grew only 5% compared to R $ 3.54 billion in January 2006. In relation to December last, when the industry faturou $ 5.93 billion, a drop of 13%.

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