CPT International 04/2014

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Summary
Vehicle production in Brazil is expected
to rise to 6.3 million vehicles by 2020.
This will have positive knock-on effects
on the domestic production of machinery
and on the other foundry customer
sectors. Demand in Latin America has
the potential to help these countries
catch up with more developed industrialized
nations. Further potentials exist
in the petrochemical industry (e.g.
the pre-salt oilfields off the coast of Brazil)
and in development of the transport
matrix in Brazil. Despite the financial
difficulties facing Argentina and the
drug-related problems in Mexico, these
three countries are politically stable.
They all have democratic regimes.
On the negative side, however, the
high cost of electrical energy in Brazil
makes aluminum production unfeasible.
The economic situation in Argentina
will continue to have a negative
impact on development there. Growth
in the three countries’ income in recent
years has lagged behind the global
average. In Brazil, in particular, there
is a high tax burden (36 %) that is also
impairing development.
Figure­3: Evolution of exports in Brazil, my metal unit in million US-Dollars
(2000-2013)
However, the demand for casting in
Brazil should continue to grow in the
coming years. A total of 700 million
US-Dollars (561 million Euro) will be
required to increase installed capacity
and 180 million US-Dollars (144 million
Euro) to improve foundry technology –
representing a big market for suppliers.
Sources: Speech of R. de Simone, President of
the Brazilian Foundry Association ABIFA,
at the IFF in Venice, Italy, in September
2014; Newspaper “Handelsblatt”, Newsmagazine
“Wirtschaftswoche”
www.abifa.org.br
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