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disposição para continuar trabalhando em
busca de melhorias para o setor”, afirma
Clésio Andrade.
Para o presidente da CNT, o resultado
desse quadro pode ser a ausência de no-
vos investimentos privados na atividade. Ele
informa que o transportador não se sente
confortável em ampliar os seus negócios, o
que compromete ainda mais o crescimento
do setor e do país.
Mas, em sua própria análise do cená-
rio, Clésio Andrade demonstra um pouco
de otimismo no país. Ele aponta as razões.
“Em 2015 o Brasil inicia uma nova fase, com
mudanças nos poderes Executivo e Legis-
lativo”, avalia. “A expectativa é que as alte-
rações no governo possam conduzir o país
para um novo caminho, superando todo o
pessimismo que rondou os diversos seto-
res da economia em 2014.”
2015 began full of concern for businesspeople in the transport
segment. In late 2014, after analyzing the scenario and the outlook for
the coming months, most demonstrated a clear lack of confidence in
the recovery of the Brazilian economy in the short term.
“Given the results last year, transport companies fear rising
inflation and costs of inputs. I do not believe GDP will grow or that
there will be a proper solution in transport infrastructure in the coming
years. Difficulties in finding skilled workers will also continue,” says
Clésio Andrade, president of the National Transportation Confederation
(CNT).
Andrade points to the importance of transport, saying it is
closely linked to the production and sale of goods and services in an
economy. And he adds that the view of transport companies indicates
that the outlook for economic performance will not be very positive.
“Data from the Transport Company Expectations Survey 2014 -
Phase 2, released by CNT in November outlined a very pessimistic
scenario. In interviews with businesspeople, 72.1% said there will be
a rise in inflation and 67.1% reported that the degree of confidence
in the government’s economic management is low,” Andrade says.
This was the sixth edition of the survey. It looks at projections
and expectations among businesspeople on issues such as
macroeconomics, infrastructure investment and business activity.
Interviews were carried out among 445 businesspeople in road
transport (freight and passenger), waterways (marine and inland) and
rail (freight).The document is an important economic analysis tool
that assists the CNT in defining future strategies, and helps transport
companies in their planning for the following year.
The survey also showed that some of the problems faced today
began to affect the segment last year. “2014 was a hard year in
the transport business. The high tax burden, red tape and lack of
efficient planning in the logistics system are factors that still hinder
the sector’s performance. It is now to be hoped, in this new cycle, that
recovery can be brought about. There is no shortage among transport
companies of enthusiasm to keep on working towards improvements
for the sector,” says Andrade.
The president of the CNT believes the result of the current situation
may be a reduction of new private investment in the business. He says
transport companies do not feel comfortable about expanding their
businesses, which further compromises the growth of the sector and
the country.
Personally, Andrade is somewhat optimistic about Brazil. “In 2015
Brazil starts a new phase, with changes in the executive and
legislative branches,” he says. “The expectation is that changes in
the government could lead the country on a new path, overcoming all
the pessimism that surrounded the various sectors of the economy in
2014,” he explains.
A hard path
Research shows that businesspeople in the transport sector do not expect an economic
recovery in Brazil in the short term, and they may reduce investments in 2015