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80 October 2018 | AutoData By Bruno de Oliveira 2019 will depend on Argentina Situation in the Brazilian neighbor difficults projections for Iveco next year, the company has factories in both countries MANUFACTURERS/COMMERCIAL VEHICLES » IVECO T he Argentine market will be determining for the main Iveco’s indicators in 2019. The severe economic crisis that the country has faced produced direct effects on the production and exports of the company, enough reasons for the adoption of the waiting time for projections. At least in exports, the future scenario depends (according to its Latin American sales director, Ricardo Barion) on how the Brazilian partner will react on the automotive sector after the measures taken by the local government: “The Argentine situation is as relevant for the future scenario as the elections in Brazil. It became more expensive to produce vehicles there. If the Argentine market stops decreasing, it will account for 28 thousand trucks in 2018”. Disclousure/Iveco