The company was attended by the president of VW in Latin America, Paul Say Yes; the president and CEO of VW Argentina, Thomas Owsianski; the president and CEO of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industrial Union, Evandro Bussia key agricultural input for the production of ethanol as fuel for the flex engines that predominate in the neighboring country.
After the meeting, Manzur described the meeting as “very positive” and declared: “We discussed the projects that will immediately strengthen the regional industry.”
“The directors of the automotive sector confirmed to us investment plans that will increase employment and production in the country”he expressed, and said that Bussi bet on “a better use of sugar, always thinking about renewable energy and sustainability”.
“We will continue to strengthen the work between Brazil and Argentina, promoting the energy transition, generating innovation and work”emphasized the chief of staff.
For his part, Kulfas stressed that the government has “an industrial policy worked out and agreed with the terminals, with the auto parts companies and with the unions, which has been very fruitful and allowed the generation of an adequate framework to locate more actions in the country in the strongest productive integration of this industry”.
The minister also stressed the idea of “strengthen the export insertion to give it sustainability over time”for which “It was possible to show that talking at a table leads to a good understanding” recalling the decision to grant zero export duty for “all exports that were made in 2021 above 2020”.
Meanwhile, Moroni considered that these initiatives mean “Betting on the development project, which is the basic objective of the government of Alberto Fernández”.
The Labor Minister also highlighted the presence of Bussi, whose entity is linked “to the use of sugar residues”and emphasized: “All this generates development and employment, and in the case of the industry it generates high-quality employment, and not only direct employment but also what is around the industry”.
Di Si, in his turn, pointed out about his company that “the plans are excellent, they are very positive” and added that he sees “a thriving industry, with a lot of growth, mainly in the SUV and pickup segment, which is where VW has invested.”
“We have invested more than 1,000 million dollars in the last three years and now we are receiving the fruits of that investment”, told the businessman, and expressed: “Of course we are not staying there. We have already been talking with the minister (Kulfas) for several months to make a possible announcement, that we are close to closing it, to continue investing in the country in labor, in more pieces, bring a lot of innovation and production here in the country”.
For Say Yes, “Argentina and Brazil need to work together, with increasingly firm ties” because “Brazil can learn from Argentina and Argentina from Brazil on this issue of sugarcane and ethanol, and corn-based ethanol.”
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The annual report for 2021 of the Association of Automotive Factories (ADEFA) recorded that 434,753 vehicles were produced in the country, between cars and light commercials. As if to understand the importance of number, volume is a 69% higher than that registered in 2020, when 257,187 units were manufactured.
The forecasts made by ADEFA for this year point to an increase in 28.3% in the production of automobiles and 34.3% in exports compared to 2021.
And the latest official figures reflect that growth continues on the right track. Already in February of this year, the production of cars amounted to 37,661 units, which marked a growth of 101.9% compared to the previous month and 72.7% compared to February 2021, when 21,809 had been produced.
This new rise made it possible to close the first two months of 2022 with a solid growth of 22.1% compared to the same period last year. In those first two months of the year, in addition, exports grew 8.7%.
Source: Ambito
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