Drop in production of cell is around 30%
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By Fatima Fonseca
The production of cell phones should display the greatest decline of the sector top Home Network this year, around 30%. Other products such as computers, were also affected by global economic crisis, but in much smaller percentage. The sector has remained more stable was the infrastructure, according to industry sources. "January this year was the worst month for the cellular industry", did industry source, explaining that in addition to the drop in sales, the product has the high of the dollar (from an average of $ 1.70 last year to $ 2.20), since 85% of the components of a cell phone is imported. The damage to the industry's revenues were not higher because the freight fell in that period, and the cost of labor in dollars.
According to the market, operators have more than 1 million devices in stock and are not making orders. But the movement for the sale of cell lines in January, if the course is not an exception, it was not bad. John Cox, president of the company, reported last week to disclose the data of the last quarter of 2008, that sales in January 2009 were better than January 2008.
Last year, Brazilians bought 51 million mobile phones, an increase of 13% over 2007. The official data of Abinee (Brazilian Association of Electrical and Electronics Industry) will be released next week, when the organization will present the consolidated data of 2008 Home Network Sector and the prospects for 2009, considering the effects of global economic crisis.
Research Quarterly of Intent to Purchase the Retail, released in late January by the show / FIA (the Administration of the Retail Foundation Institute of Administration), however, shows that in the first three months of 2008, the Brazilians wanted to spend the purchase of mobile phones around R $ 463.57. For the first quarter of this year, the intention of spending for this type of purchase was U.S. $ 378.75, a fall of 18.3%.
Source: Telesíntese
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