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96 October 2018 | AutoData PERSPECTIVES 2019 » AGRICULTURAL AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY of track-type tractors are measured in a few hundred, while wheel tractors, used in construction and mining, have larger volumes. According to Gonzalez’s accounts, of CNH, R$ 60 billion have no longer been invested in infrastructure in the last four years. He estimates a market of 10 thou- sand machines sold in Brazil in 2018 and a little more in 2019. “We will have a clearer overview af- ter the final result of the presidential and governor election. Although government officials promise to resume infrastructure works, I believe that this process will be timid in the first year, due to the need for priority adjustments in the public ac- counts.” Komatsu, originally from Japan, instal- led in Suzano, SP, since 1975, is also on a recovery route - its production is almost entirely focused on construction and mi- ningmachinery. The company closed 2017 with 1.8 thousand units produced for the Brazilian domesticmarket and exports, and plans to end 2018 at least with 2 thousand. For 2019, the calculated increase is of 11% in comparison with 2018. Manufacturers’ calculations indicate about seven thousand works stopped in Brazil. Resumption of at least part of them in 2019 would stimulate the business for the construction machinery.