Increase in auto parts imports recorded

Omar Bautista, president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Manufacturers of Automotive Products (Favenpa), assured that the sector registered a growth of 29% during the first four months of the year in the import of auto parts; however, he clarified that The number of affiliated companies has decreased.

In an interview with Televen, the expert said that Numerous companies in the sector have closed in recent yearsgoing from having 150 to 37 today.

“We still preserve an important industrial fabric, because those 37 companies that we have generate qualified, very well-paid labor and their products are of high quality”Bautista said.

Regarding the growth in the import of auto parts recorded in the first four months of the year, the president of Favenpa celebrated what he called a “slight recovery” of the sector, which would have been greater “If there weren’t this massive import of spare parts similar to those we produce in the country”.

Regarding the recovery of the heading which represents, indicated that it has been 6% during the current year: “Imports are increasing more than national production”.

The specialist warned that 95% of the tires that are imported are of Chinese origin and stressed that 85% of these “are of poor quality”.


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2024-07-04 17:19:01

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