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The Move Brasil program completed one month this Sunday (8/2) with R1.9 billion in approved credits for 1,700 new and pre-owned truck purchase operations in all regions of the country, announced the vice-president and minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), Geraldo Alckmin, during a visit to a Scania dealership in Guarulhos (SP).
Officially launched on January 8, Move Brasil offers financing with lower interest rates for self-employed and cooperative truck drivers, as well as road freight transport companies, when purchasing vehicles that meet sustainability and local content criteria - produced in Brazil.
The program provides R10 billion in credits, including resources from the National Treasury and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). Of the total released so far, R44 million went to self-employed people.
Thats great, celebrated Alckmin, referring to the programs numbers. Because industry is manufacturing more, commerce is selling more. It improves the efficiency of the countrys logistics, improves competitiveness, reduces accidents. Greater safety on the roads and protection of the environment. So, it is a very positive agenda.
The vice president highlighted the importance of the sector for the transport of goods.
Exports, last year, broke a record: the product needs to reach the port, the airport. Imports were a record: they need to reach, from the port and the airport, to the buyer, he stated, remembering that foreign trade tends to grow even more with the agreements signed by Mercosur in recent years (EU, Efta and Singapore, in addition to other negotiations). So, we need transport logistics. And demand will grow. You will sell a lot of trucks.
>> Gains across the entire chain
Alckmins visit to the Guarulhos dealership was accompanied by Scanias CEO for Latin America, Christopher Podgorski, who praised the format of Move Brasil for its ability to reach all links in the freight transport value chain.
Its really cool to see how the different players in the industry have the possibility of having a frank and open dialogue, not asking for favors, not asking for subsidies, but intelligently finding means and methods for us to unlock the market, which is super important for Brazil and Latin America.
According to figures from the automaker, in operations carried out by Scania Banco alone, 283 trucks have already been financed in contracts worth R 228 million, with 70% of sales to Micro, Small and Medium-sized Companies.
The program came at a great time because it did not encourage a single business segment, but an entire value chain, which generates qualified jobs. We will even be covering public health, with more efficient, less polluting vehicles. We will also encourage the energy transition, said Podgorski.
He also praised the offer of credit with interest rates below the market, which made it possible for this sector of the automotive industry to resume business. The program places the interest level on the financial cost at a level below 1% per month. This ends up making the business viable, with all the gains that come with renewing a product: the reduction in maintenance costs, the energy efficiency used, etc., etc.
