Net revenue from the Brazilian machinery and equipment industry fell 8.6% from January to December 2024, compared to the same period of 2023. In 2024, the sector earned R $ 270.8 billion compared to R $ 296, 2 billion in the previous year. The data were released on Wednesday (29) by the Brazilian Association of Machinery and Equipment Industry (ABIMAQ).
The apparent consumption of industrial goods, defined as the total domestic industrial production and imports, deducted exports – an indicator that measures internal demand for industrial goods – was practically stable in the accumulated of 2024, totaling R $ 369.1 billion, with Light fall (0.2%) compared to the previous year.
According to ABIMAQ’s director of competitiveness, economy and statistics, Cristina Zanella, the performance of the machinery and equipment industry was influenced by the replacement of Brazilian production by imported and the fall in exports.
“Investment increased in several areas of the economy [brasileira]investment in transportation, investment in electronic equipment, but not in our sector. And an important part [do nosso resultado de 2024] It is related to the loss of participation for the imported, ”said Cristina.
According to the director of ABIMAQ, the performance of sales of agricultural machinery and construction equipment was the one that most pulled the overall result. “The agricultural machinery sector was what, in fact, pulled the deeper result, among all followed sectors. We also observed a drop in the area of construction. The domestic market expanded construction machine purchases, but what resulted in a weaker number was slightly lower exports. ”
Import
Brazilian imports of machines in 2024 reached US $ 29.5 billion, with an increase of 10.6% compared to the previous year, the second largest brand since 2013. Chinese equipment answered for the majority (31.5%) when registered growth of 5.3 percentage points compared to the previous period (2023).
United States machine imports, which come shortly after those of China, fell 6%. From Germany, the third origin of imports, there was a small increase in shipments to Brazil (2.6%).
Exports
Exports of Brazilian machinery and equipment reached US $ 13.1 billion in 2024, a 5.5% decrease compared to 2023. The result was the second best mark in the historical series, losing only 2023, when they were sold abroad US $ 13.9 billion in machines and equipment.
In 2024, among the countries that registered an increase in the acquisition of Brazilian machinery and equipment, it was Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, Guyana, France and Saudi Arabia. Among those who had a fall, appear United States, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Peru. For the United States, the fall was 11.2% and occurred mainly in construction machines; For Argentina, the decrease was 17%, especially in oil and gas machines.
