The National Association of Buses, Trucamions and Tractocamions (ANPACT) producers reported that the uncertainty unleashed by Donald Trump tariffs threw the sale, production and exports of heavy vehicles in the first bimester.
“The decline in wholesale sales of heavy vehicles is transient and will recover vigor once the transport companies have a clearer horizon for the planning of purchase of their fleets on both sides of the border,” said the agency’s executive president Rogelio Arzate.
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In the first bimester, wholesale sales of heavy vehicles decreased 38.2% with 5,134 cargo and passage vehicles sold, according to the business representative.
The production of heavy vehicles fell 19.3% with the manufacture of 27 thousand 737 units, while exports decreased 16.8% to 22,520 units.
Foreign bus sales increased 135.5% to 252 units marketed, the highest increase since last May, when 289 units were sold.
“Commercial rates do not contribute to the development of trade between the two countries,” said the association.
He added that the commercial relationship of the TMEC must continue with cooperation, free competition and competitiveness.
All these principles govern the automotive industry of heavy vehicles, which is fully integrated into supply production and chain, said Rogelio Arzate.
“We trust that tariffs or now, or on April 2, because the commercial exchange has been beneficial for both nations and is regulated within the framework of the TMEC, which has provided certainty, transparency and clarity in foreign trade operations,” he said.
He highlighted the importance of renovating tractocamions and obsolete trucks for more sustainable vehicles, which offer safety, efficiency and profitability.
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“The industry produces high quality vehicles and technological innovation, which keeps us as the main tractocamion exporter, the fourth and fifth world producer of cargo vehicles (trucks), and the sixth producer of bus producer,” he said.
“This has placed the automotive industry as the main currency generator for Mexico,” he concluded.
