Despite the drop in the dollar, increases in autopartists are recorded

After the exit of stocksthe economic expectation was focused on what would happen with the prices of the goods. In the automotive sector, all eyes concentrated on the values ​​of the cars.

Most brands decided not to make increases and wait for May to correct their lists and give time to the evolution of the exchange market. Several suspended the operations for a few days and then restarted the activity without changes.

The only one that modified the prices was Volkswagen, which applied a rise of 3.6%, but today backed down with the measure before the official exchange rate.

But there is another part of the automotive chain that is important and it is those of the Autopartists Some sources consulted by Scope They ensure that increases are being registered since last week. At the moment you can’t talk about something generalized, but not isolated either. There is everything.

A case is the FraSe company, supplier of brake systems and fluids for the replacement market, which I send to its Customers a note with a 12% increase for all its products.

Another case is that of the Driv company, of Tenneco, which increased its products up to 10%. He also works in the replacement market. For example, shock absorbers, suspension grills and suspension pieces. They also sent notes due to price changes from the Fric Rot and Litton company.

These are cases of companies that manage their prices in pesos. There are other cases that operate with dollar lists, so the lists did not change but the products were more expensive for the devaluation.

Despite the decline of dollarfrom these companies they did not communicate corrections to those increases so they would remain in force. These increases occur in a context where the sector shows growth in the commercial deficit.

The Association that groups the autoPartists (AFAC), disseminated the Autopartist Foreign Trade Report 2024. The data is the growth of the commercial deficit of this sector, one of the highest in 20 years. It was US $ 9,300 million. If it is taken into account that the commercial exchange of cars had a surplus of US $ 4,619 million, the commercial red of the global sector was US $ 4,681 million.

The report emphasizes that if 0km would be manufactured and all vehicles were imported, US $17,000 million would be needed. What the report points out is to show that the automotive industry allows the country to save US $12.3 billion.

In 2024, the Autopartes trade resulted in a deficit of US $ 9.3 billion, one of the highest in 20 years, despite showing a 5% decrease compared to 2023. Exports fell 1.2% (US $ 1,284 million) and imports were reduced 4.5% (US $ s10.584 million).

However, it should be noted that the automotive value chain of our country generates a currency saving for US $ 12.3 billion a year, comparing against a scenario where the vehicle market and the replacement market should be supplied in its entirety for imports.