São Paulo – The manufacturing of cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses declined 18.2% in August in comparison with the same month of last year, according to balance sheet by the Brazilian Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) released this Friday (4th). In August 2015, 216,465 units were manufactured against 264,626 in August 2014. In comparison to July, there was a decline of 3.5%. Year-to-date, output totaled 1,730,708 units, 16.9% less than the production registered in the same period of last year.
Auto exports totaled 34,591 units in August, an increase of 21.9% over July. In comparison to the same month of 2014, the increase was of 9.2%. Year-to-date, it increased 10.5%. In values, exports registered an increase of 12.3% over July. In comparison to August of last year, there was a decline of 15.7%, and year-to-date, of 10.7%.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani