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53 AutoData | October 2018 border have good perspectives of increasing volumes exported from Brazil and Argentina”. Because of these projections FCA factories are adjusting daily production to meet regional demand: “In Betim, the daily average is from 1,5 thousand to 1,6 thousand cars per day. In Cordoba we produce 320 units per day, but we will adjust. And in Goiana, we have been producing a little more than nine hundred vehicles a day since July”. This volume at the Jeep plant reaches the maximum capacity and will continue at this pace in 2019, while in Betim, MG, there will be an increase of 100 units/day - “And in Cordoba we need to analyze a little more: we will possibly reduce the speed of the line”. In the next twelve months, according to Filosa, FCA will have a full schedule: “We will have modifications in the vehicles and new model launches. During this period we will also work with the suppliers for the next cycle, which starts in 24 months. The first of these new products is already being developed. We are meeting with the shareholders to approve investments that will represent new segments for the Fiat brand and continue the work of raising the Jeep brand status”. All this should become reality from the second half of 2020 on - the plan sees a regional market in 2021 of up to Closing 2018 Closing 2019 Total market 2 million 450 thousand Total market Increase of 5% to 8% Total production Above 3 million Total production Increase of 12% to 18% Market company Increase of 34% Production company Increase of 10% 5 million units, “with Brazil close to 3 million, Argentina out of the recession with 1 million and other markets also with a volume of 1 million “. In 2019, the Brazilian market should be 5% to 10% bigger than in 2018. Antonio Filosa