Brazilian automotive industry reacts and production of cars grows back

Traditionally, the automotive industry has a direct impact on the behaviour of the brazilian economy, given your importance to the national market. His extensive production chain and the huge amount of direct and indirect jobs it provides, are determining factors for the Country, able to move many other industrial segments. In 2017, the industry recovered and went on to amass successive high in the production of automobiles, especially in the second half.
Data of the Anfavea (National Association of Automotive vehicle manufacturers) show that, from January to December 2017, the vehicle production grew 27.1% from 2016. 2.5 million units were produced, while in the same period of the previous year was 1.6 million.
One of the main reasons for this "growth" was the demand of foreign markets and the consequent performance of exports. According to a survey of the MINISTRY (Ministry of industry, Trade and services), in January to December 2017 vehicles exports recorded an increase of 52.7% in comparison with the same period in 2016. This movement was responsible for generating a total revenue of $ $5.471 billion.
According to the federal agency, this performance catapulted the automotive vehicles in the lead in the ranking of exports of manufactured products in the period and the fifth place in the list of Brazil's total exports.
Market supply
One of the responsible for the transport and distribution of parts and automotive parts, for both the national and the international market, is the logistics provider Panalpina Brazil of Swiss origin, which serves major companies in the sector. In 2017, one of the highlights was your performance in the Agency of imports of automotive components company Schaeffler Brazil, which, for your time, supplies of the leading automobile company in the country.
Only last year, Schaeffler-Panalpina aligned project and other partners in the logistics chain, as freight forwarders and carriers, won five times the first place in the Ranking of Logistics Efficiency of Viracopos international airport, Campinas (SP ) in the automotive segment. On occasion, the Schaeffler Brazil stood out by register of considerably less time in the customs clearance of the imported goods.