Domestic sales of agricultural and road machinery in August increased by 30.5% compared to the same month last year: 5,000 and 3,800 units, respectively, according to data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Anfavea ).
On the other hand, in the comparison with July, with 4.7 thousand units, the segment presented increase of 5.9%. The total number of machines traded in the first eight months of the year grew 6.2%, with 29.6 thousand units this year and 27.9 thousand in 2017.
According to the entity, the production of machines stood at 6.7 thousand machines in August, a stable volume compared to July and 35.1% more than the 4,9 thousand of the same month of 2017. In the accumulated of this year, the production was 40.3 thousand units: a rise of 5.5% in comparison with the 38.2 thousand in 2017. Exports up to that month increased 1.2%, with 8.6 thousand units this year and 8.5 thousand of 2017.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.