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Março 2013
PAINT & PINTURA
and new ideas to improve their production
and other processes.
The new developments that exhibitors will
put on display cover a very broad spectrum,
allowing visitors to get a privileged view
of the current state of the art in the paint
industry and on its products, as well as
the paths that will lead to the paint of the
future. The fact that the congress will be
held at the same time further contributes to
the exhibition, in that it favors the inte-
raction between professionals at all steps
of the paint value chain, the discussion of
new possibilities and the search for solu-
tions. “Abrafati 2013 plays a fundamental
part in stimulating advances in science and
technology and thus boosting the search for
innovative and sustainable solutions. At the
same time, it provides ideal conditions for
closing deals. Accordingly, the trade show
makes a decisive contribution for Brazil to
continue having an up-to-date, strong and
dynamic paint supply chain, is in line with Abrafati’s main pursuit, which
is sustainable development in our industry,” says Abrafati’s chief executive
officer Dilson Ferreira.
More information at www.abrafati2013.com.br
Results - Paint and Coatings Imports Grew in 2012
Figures announced by Sitivesp show 8-percent increase in imports
Rather than just comparing figures, one needs to understand the mo-
vements going on in the marketplace in order to analyze the paint and
coatings industry’s trade balance results for 2012. The explanation is
provided by Airton Sicolin, advisor to the board of directors of the Union
of São Paulo State Paint Manufacturers, known for short in Portuguese as
Sitivesp.
He shows that the appreciation of the Real (Brazilian currency) in
relation to the US Dollar has contributed once more to the growth in
the industry’s imports, as have some structural issues specific to each
company which lead it to invest in inter-company imports and exports.
“For as long as the exchange rates are favorable, the picture will remain
unchanged, as it happens with imports between companies headquartered
in Brazil and having offices in other countries around the world.”
Mr. Sicolin explains that it just doesn’t pay off to invest in Brazil in some
cases on account of demand levels that make it easier to bring in fin-
ished goods from branches located elsewhere. Increased imports eventu-
ally replace part of the domestic production. Last year, imports probably
increased by nearly 1 percent, and the number of jobs created in the
domestic industry fell accordingly.
Brazilian imports for last year totaled US$ 373.666 million, which repre-
sent an increase of nearly 10 percent compared to US$ 340.875 million for
2011. In exports, the amount measured for 2012 is US$ 230.482 million,
up just above 3 percent from the US$ 222.856 million worth of exports for
the previous year.
In terms of volume, the increase was substantial, exceeding 8 percent. In
2012, 63,792 tons of paint were imported, against 58,908 tons for 2011,
at average prices increasing from US$ 5.79 to US$ 5.86. The paint indus-
try’s exports for 2012 totaled 66,314 tons, against 66,613 tons for 2011,
but average prices rose from US$ 3.35 to US$ 3.48 per kilogram.
The figures for the Mercosur zone show that exports lost almost 6 percent.
US$ 109.572 million worth of exports were made in 2012, against US$
116.484 for the previous year. For 2012, paint and coatings exports to
other countries in the Mercosur zone represented about 47 percent of the
companies’ total exports, against 62 percent for 2011 and 49 percent for
2010.
Imports from other Mercosur countries, for their part, grew 9 percent
over the previous year. For 2012, they amounted to US$ 14.529 million,
against US$ 13.321 million for 2011. Sicolin points out that for every US$
10.00 spent on imports, US$ 6.17 were exported for 2012, against US$
6.53 for 2011, US$ 6.52 for 2010, and US$ 6.78 for 2009.