Agência Brasil*
São Paulo – Domestic sales of motor vehicles in Brazil have totalled 1.74 million units from January until September. The result surpasses by 27.4% the result recorded in the same period of last year.
In September, 204,000 units were sold, 28% more than in the same month of 2006, when sales totalled 159,400 units.
In comparison with August of the current year, though, when 235,300 units were sold in the country, sales have decreased by 13.3%.
The data were disclosed yesterday (4) by the National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea).
In the accumulated result for the year, production has reached 2.18 million tonnes, 10.6% more than recorded during the same period of 2006, when 1.97 million units were produced.
In the month of September, production totalled 252,800 units, 9.4% less than recorded in August (279,000), and 23.9% more than recorded in the same month of last year (204,100).
Between January and September, exports totalled US$ 9.45 billion, a 5% increase over the result accumulated until the ninth month of 2006 (US$ 9 billion).
In September this year, exports totalled US$ 1.13 billion, 2.7% less than in August (US$ 1.16 billion) and 10.1% more than in September 2006 (US$ 1.02 billion).
The number of jobs created by the sector grew by 1.4% in September compared with August, and by 8.9% in comparison with September 2006. As of last month, the sector employed 117.100 people.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
