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9 12.3 to 12.8.2018 S ão Paulo - The agribusiness seasonality in the last months of the year was decisive for the sales performance of agricultural and highway construction machinery in November. Other factors (however) were determinant for the 3,8 thousand units sold of these segments this month, 25.5% down compared to October: “In addition to the traditional decrease in tractor sales in that period, one of the financing systems, FCO, has exhausted its resources this year. In January, everything returns to normal”, said the president of Anfavea, AntonioMegale. The FCO, the Constitutional Fund of the Midwest of Brazil, is a credit line widely used in the Brazilian agribusiness sector. It offers financing of up to R$ 20 million not only for the acquisition of machines but also for the development of small and medium-sized projects. But if there was a natural retraction in tractor sales the opposite happened with the combines. As a result of these higher value equipment, compared to the performance of November last year, the agricultural machinery and highway construction segment grew 27.5%: “The business with the combines grew 44% in November compared to the same period of the previous year”. In the year to date, the 43.4 thousand units traded represent an increase of 11.9% in relation to the period from January to November 2017. This volume is slightly larger than the Anfavea’s projection, which expects an increase of 11%: “Depending on the performance inDecember wewill be able to celebrate that we havemissed our projection. The harvest this year has provided an important result of this segment and agribusiness entrepreneurs remain optimistic”. Anfavea figures Combines help keep sales above projection Leandro Alves | leandroalves@autodata.com.br