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11 12.3 to 12.8.2018 129%more than the volume reached in 2017, whichwas 3,1 thousand. The brand represents a record, Schiemer said. The booming performance could also be seen in truck shipments if it wasn’t for the Argentine crisis, said the president, a scenario that should be reversed there “from the second quarter of next year”. Considering the Argentinemarket, exports until October dropped 17.7%, reaching a volume of 10 thousand 876 units compared to 13 thousand 221 registered last year. Taking Argentina out of the exports balance, therewas growth: until October, 6 thousand 526 units, increase of 30.4%compared to the same period in 2017. The figure reflected themarket share in exports in theM-B’s production in Brazil: it fell from40% to 30% from2017 toOctober 2018. The scenario of growth in the domesticmarket next year and strong export of engines and components ensured themaintenance of the recent investment announced by the company in the Brazil. Half of the R$ 2.4 billion announced until 2022were consumed, among other measures, with the line 4.0 of São Bernardo do Campo, for the improvements in the two factories to produce in additional shifts. The remaining half, said Schiemer, will initially be applied inmodernizing the layout of the São Paulo factory of trucks and buses: “We are structuring the storage areas so that they can give way to production.” This announced volume also includes continuous improvement in commercial vehicles and the development of newvehicles and technologies in services and connectivity. In time - The regulation of the Euro 6 in Brazil, whose schedule of application in the domestic market was stipulated by the government until 2023, is seen byMercedes-Benz as positive for the fleet renewal. Somuch so that the companywill start producing the engines already calibrated tomeet the emission requirements next year: “It is away tomodernize a fleet with an average age above 15 years. Producing Euro 6 in Brazil gives us the opportunity to export these engines to themarkets we currently serve.” If the newemission rules synergizewithM-B’s claims the new regulations of Finame somehow, on the other hand, it does not seem to change the course of the company in Brazil. According to Schiemer, the share of the credit model has lost its place in the CDC (direct to customer), amodality that has grown in the company’s truck sales: “Finame had its importance in that moment of strong promotion to the credit that the Brazil has gone through. Today, CDC credit lines aremore attractive and have stood out among customers”. The executive said that Finame’s share inM-B sales is 30% today. From2013 to 2014 this participationwas up to 80%.