By Alzira Rodrigues | 05/04/23 | Translated by Jorge Meditsch
Slow businesses at vehicle dealerships keep manufacturers taking measures to reduce the offer. Volkswagen do Brasil announced it would operate its plants in São José do Pinhais, PR, and Taubaté, SP, in just one shift beginning June 1.
Second-shift workers will get on temporary layoff for a period estimated from two to five months. “Flexibilization is foreseen in the collective agreement between VW and the unions and employees”, emphasizes the company in a note released this Thursday, 5/4.
Last month, Anfavea already admitted a trend toward new measures by manufacturers to reduce production in Brazil.
The association informed then that there were eight ongoing stoppages and two announcements of shift suspensions, one of them from Mercedes-Benz. This balance should be updated by next Monday, 5/8, when the association will hold a press conference to release its members’ April performance.
According to Fenabrave, 151.6 thousand automobiles and light commercial vehicles were registered in April, 19% less than in March. Nonetheless, there was an 11% increase over March 2022.
Practically half of the sales are currently made in the retail market, an over the normal index for this period of the year. The normal consumer is shunned due to high-interest rates and credit difficulties.
Production in the first half of last year was affected by the semiconductors shortage and, by them, sales were low for lack of product, the opposite as today. The consequence is that current figures are below the registered before the pandemic.
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