Brasília – Participation of imported industrial products in the consumption of Brazilians has dropped for the first time since 2009. A study by the National Confederation of Industries (CNI) disclosed last Thursday (13) shows that, after ten quarters of growth, back to back, the participation of these goods in the consumption of Brazilians dropped 22.1% in the third quarter of this year.
With regard to the second half, there was a light reduction of 0.2 percentage point, shows study Coefficient of Commercial Opening. The CNI could not inform, however, if this is a tendency. In comparison with the third quarter of 2011, however, there was growth of 0.5 percentage point in the coefficient.
In the study, elaborated in partnership between the Foreign Trade Studies Centre Foundation (Funcex), 27 sectors were evaluated, of which 12 imported less than in the previous quarter. The main reductions took place in industries of oil and biofuels (2.4 percentage points) and pharmaceuticals and pharmo-chemicals (0.7 percentage point).
To CNI technicians, the sectors that recorded retraction were influenced by the appreciation in exchange rates early this year and by the “measures adopted by the government for tax breaks for industrial sectors”.
*Translated by Mark Ament
