Aftermarket must ensure tire growth

The replacement market should sustain growth of national industry of tires for 2014, around 2.5% compared to last year. The estimation about the call after market, which represents nearly half of the manufacturers ' turnover was made yesterday by the Executive Chairman of the National Association of the tyre Industry (Anip), Alberto Mayer.
"Design growing up in the automotive market due to the after market, which is very important for our business," said Mayer. For this year's projection of growth of car sales by industry association is about 1%.
In 2013, the tyre manufacturers have registered record production history. According to Anip, 68.8 million units were produced in the period, an increase of 9.2% compared to 2012.
"We invest annually to keep up with the growth of the automotive industry. By 2020, average intakes must be of R $ 1 billion per year, "says the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Anip, Jean-Philippe Ollier. In the period between 2006 and 2015, the forecast total investments for the sector is r $ 10.7 billion.
The segment of tyres for vans showed strong growth in 2013, of 15.2%. This product type is mainly used on smaller trucks (called VUCs) and SUVs (SUVs). Another business that had significant increment was industrial tires. Last year, there were high of 53.9% production, to 2.07 million units.
For 2014, however, Mayer asserts that the highest rate of growth in the production of tyres must occur in vehicles. "We believe that this must be the thread that will grow more this year, mainly due to the replacement market and reduction of imports," says.
Imports despite the prospect of falling imports for the year, the trade balance of the tire industry continues on the negative, having reached a record deficit in 2013. According to Anip, last year exports fell 6.3% compared to 2012, to 12.34 million units. Already imports (except two wheels) grew 13 percent, to 29.21 million tires. With that, the balance of trade closed the year with a deficit of $ 355,5 million.
"With Exchange costs, logistics and high tax burden, there's no way to compete. The volumes of imports have decreased, "explains Ollier. The Executive points out that the problem is not simply the imported entry. "We are not against imports, but have sought to defend the local production of unfair competition with antidumping and trade defence actions".
In 2013, the associated sales grew 6.9 percent compared to the previous year, totaling 72.6 million units, according to Anip. The historical record was registered in 2010, when the industry sold 73 million tires in the domestic market. The highlight was for the replacement market, which grew by 12.6% in 2013, rising from 33.5 million to 37.7 million tires. Already sales to automakers recorded an increase of 6.3 percent on the same basis of comparison, to 22.5 million units.