Automotive industry sales and production increases in March

The production of vehicles in Brazil in March advanced 3.4% in comparison with the same month of 2012, totaling 319 thousand units, the automakers Association, Anfavea.
In relation to the traditionally weak and short month of February, production had increased 39.2%, when purchased with the same month last year.
In the first quarter of this year, the sum of industry production was 12% higher than in 2012, totaling 827.7 thousand units.
Alone, the production of trucks was discharged from 6.6% in March, with 16.948 thousand units. The memory of t r i add master s ubiu 39%, when compared with the same period in 2012. This year came out of production lines of assemblers, from January to March 43.56 thousand vehicles.
Despite the slight annual growth in production, sales in March have not adapted to this increase in the same proportion. On the contrary, have shrunk 5.5%, with 283.9 thousand units billed.
Compared to February, the licenses have risen in pace much slower than the automakers ' production, placing 20.8%.
In the quarter, sales were virtually stable, with positive oscillation of 1.5%, totaling 830.5 thousand new units circulating in the streets.
In the midst of the slowness of the consumer market, the Government announced, at the end of March, the extension by the end of the year of the current tax rates reduced the tax on industrialized products (IPI) for cars and trucks. The tax on vehicles would rise from this month.
The President of Anfavea, Cledorvino Belini, said last Monday that the extension of the IPI reduction "was a preventative measure" to avoid weakening the industry. Exports in March, including agricultural machinery, rose 4.3% year-over-year, an increase of $ 1.39 billion. On February, there were 25.8% advance, while in the fall quarter is accumulated in 2%, which corresponds to $ 3.49 billion.
The sector ended the quarter with 151.93 thousand occupied jobs, high of 4.8% compared with the previous year.
Imports in turn shrunk 22.3% in March, with the landing of 55.08 thousand units. The Italian automaker Fiat remained in the lead in March, the month in which sold 58.744 million vehicles. The German Volkswagen had 52.642 thousand units sold, followed by General Motors, which amounted to 48.938 thousand cars.