With 18 business days of activity, the automotive terminals produced 46,286 units in February, an increase of 22.9% compared to the 37,661 units that were produced in February last year, and at the same time an increase of 70.3% compared to January when 27,184 vehicles left the terminals, including cars and light commercials.
Cars: exports
The report also indicated that the volume of exported vehicles was 23,960 units, which showed an increase of 111% compared to Januarybut compared to the same month of 2022, the sector registered an increase in shipments of 19.7%.
In the accumulated January-February, the terminals exported 35,318 units, 20.4% more than the shipments registered in the same period last year.
One fact that stands out is that February’s exports represented 51.8% of the production of the same month and 48.1% of the accumulated, which marks the importance of foreign markets in the growth of the activity.
Regarding the identification of exports by destination, it was noted that during the first two months, 53.3% of shipments, equivalent to 18,829 units, went to Brazil, a figure that, although high, is well below the historical 80% it had years ago.
In market diversification, Colombia was the destination of 11.4% of national exports so far this year, the same weight as Peru, followed by the Central American countries with 9.1% of the total, Chile 8.2%, and Uruguay 1.6%, Ecuador 1.2% and 1.1 % from Mexico.
Cars: wholesale sales
Finally, in wholesale sales, the automotive sector marketed to the dealer network 30,125 units in February, volume 8.5% above the volumes of the same month last year and 36.2% above the performance of January 2023.
Comparing the two months of 2023 with respect to 2022, an increase of 14.6% was registered, since 45,579 vehicles were delivered in the first two months of 2022 and 52,237 in the recent period.
“The numbers of the main variables continue registering a positive behavior, confirming the trend that we had anticipated months ago”he pointed Martin Galdeanopresident of ADEFA, who remarked that the increase in the main variables “is a reflection of the joint work that we have been carrying out in a sustained manner with the value chain and the authorities.”
Argentine mining is one of the productive sectors with the greatest projections, in addition to having a positive trade balance and the consequent generation of foreign currency for the country. In the last three years, investment announcements have been made in the country for more than 10 million dollars and for projects in different stages of execution.
In February, the number of licensed vehicles amounted to 30,121 units, which represented an increase of 3.5% year-on-year, with which the first two months of the year accumulated an increase of more than 10%, according to the report of the Association of Automotive Dealers (Acara).
The weight of nationally manufactured vehicles reached 60% of the total market in February, which was reflected in the fact that the three best-selling models left local terminals: the Fiat Cronos that is produced in the province of Córdoba, the Peugeot 208 in the Buenos Aires town of El Palomar, and the Toyota Hilux pick-up, from the Zárate district in the north of the province of Buenos Aires.
Source: Ambito
