2023-06-07 12:58:30
A Brazilian Association of Machinery and Equipment Industry (Abimaq) released data that point to a drop of 7.8% in the net sales revenue of the Brazilian machinery and equipment industry in February this year, compared to the same month of the previous year. The registered sales value was R$ 21.76 billion, representing the ninth consecutive drop in this sector. In the first two months, the sector recorded a drop of 7.1%. However, compared to the previous month, there was an increase of 7%.
According to the Abimaq, following a drop of 2% in January, the sector presented a recovery of 2.7% in the occupation of installed capacity in February, reaching 77.6% of its total capacity. Despite this recovery, the sector’s capacity is still 2% below the level recorded in 2022 (79.2%).
Also according to the report presented, in the result of exports, an amount greater than US$ 1 billion in machinery and equipment was once once more recorded. These values have become more common, since in 2022 there were eight months with similar results in sales abroad. This result demonstrates the good moment the machinery and equipment export sector is going through, something that was only observed previously in 2012, with such expressive numbers. This growth movement is not restricted only to monetary values, but is also evidenced when the quantity of exported goods is analyzed.
Despite the result of February in the machinery and equipment industry being below in relation to the month of February 2022, the civil construction sector, which is directly related to the machinery and equipment segment, the perspectives for 2023 are positive. As informed by Brazilian Chamber of the Construction Industry (CBIC), the sector projects growth of 2.5% this year. This estimate considers the continuous development of the market in the last two years and the analysis of the ongoing business cycle in the real estate market, which presents a solid housing demand, according to the report.
The report also highlights the significant progress of the civil construction sector in the last two years (2021/2022), with a growth of 17.7%, compared to the 8.2% growth of the national economy. In the 12 months ended September 2022 alone, construction grew by 8.8%.
Also according to the Abimaq, even with the drop in revenues in the first two months, the sector recorded an increase in the number of hires, with just over 4,000 new employees. There was a growth of 0.5% in the workforce compared to the month of January, totaling 394 thousand people employed in the machinery and equipment industry.
Abimaq points out that this was the second consecutive month of recovery in hiring, following a drop in the last quarter of the previous year. The association states that the machinery industries that supply the sector of durable and semi-durable consumer goods, civil construction and also infrastructure contributed to this increase.
Even considering the result of the first two months, projections for 2023 in the construction machinery and equipment sales sector are optimistic. The study on the rental and sale of construction equipment sector showed that the segment is experiencing a moment of recovery and growth with the potential for an increase in sales in 2023. 17th Sobratema Study of the Brazilian Construction Equipment Marketcarried out by the Brazilian Association of Technology for Construction and Mining (Sobratema), estimates that sales in 2023 will increase by around 4% for both the yellow line machinery segment and the entire construction equipment sector.
José Antônio Valente, director of the machine rental Trans Obra, affirms that the moment is to follow the planning according to the positive projections made for 2023 to serve the civil construction sector and that this is one of the reasons that made the number of hirings rise even with the result of February having been lower in compared to the same month in 2022. “We must be prepared to serve the entire sector, from large equipment and machines to the sale and concrete mixer rentalhoses, pumps, straightening machines and many others necessary for Brazil to continue to grow and not run out of machinery and equipment for the civil construction industry and even agribusiness”.
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