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11 5.21 to 5.26.2018 According to him, continuing the current pace, the truck sales of the segments above 3.5 tons that, last year, had already registered growth of 3% over the previous year, should be in the range of 80 thousand units in this 2018. This result, if obtained, will represent a 33% growth compared to the 2017 sales, which were 60.4 thousand trucks. “Not long before we look at the Brazilian as a market that suffers from occasional problems. The Brazilian market is different”, Borba taught. “We are going through a difficult time, it is true, but since the end of last year we are already showing positive growth rates in both industry and retail and consumption. This year, we again have a good probability of GDP growth and we will have a new crop record of 230 million tons, and all this usually implies new truck sales.” Still according to Marco Borba, this positive moment for Iveco in Brazil also extends to other countries in Latin America, with particular emphasis on Argentina: “The Argentine market is expected to be of 33 thousand units this year. We have a lot of tradition there for producing locally for almost fifty years and for leading the market above 16 tons.” About the other Latin American markets, Iveco has also shown positive commercial performance, with the projection of exporting around 4 thousand trucks this year, a volume that, if achieved, it will be 76% higher than in 2017.