Domestic sales of agricultural and road machinery in September were 4.9 thousand units, up 17.5% from the 4.2 thousand in the same month last year, and a drop of 2.3% compared to 5 thousand August, according to data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Anfavea).
According to the entity, in the accumulated of the first nine months of the year, the total of negotiated machines grew 7.7%, with 34,600 units 2m 2018 and 32,100 in the previous year.
According to Anfavea, manufacturers produced 5,800 units in September, 14.9% lower than the 6.8 thousand units that left the assembly lines in August and 40.1% higher than the 4.1 thousand of the same month of last year. In the accumulated of this year, production reached 46.2 thousand units: growth of 9.2% compared to 42.3 thousand in 2017.
Exports to September were 9.7 thousand units, down 2.4 percent from 10.0 thousand last year.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.