Reduction of the IPI increased sales of appliances by 20% in two days
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Reducing the Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) incident on the items of white refrigerators, freezers, stoves, drinking, washing machines and dryers, announced by the federal government on Friday (17), is already showing results, two days working days after entering into force, according to the president of the National Association of Manufacturers of Electronics Products (Electric), Lourival Kiçula. He says he has been informed that sales had increased by 20%.
Although the first two days to trade, after the announcement were atypical in light of the holiday and the tendency of consumers to travel, we were informed that on Saturday and on Monday there was a 20% increase in sales, compared with the previous week, said Kiçula today (22) Agência Brasil.
The representative of the manufacturers of the white line explains that the reduction was highly positive for the industry. The mood in retail is injected resulting in a reasonable increase of applications for new orders for the industry.
According to him, in March had identified a decrease of 10% of sales in the same period last year.
Our expectation is that at least return to the sector level that was last year, surpassing the mark of 10%. This will cause positive reflections on the economy, because we are part of a multiplier chain, similar to the auto sector, he said.
Kiçula estimates that the sector represented by Eletros generates a total of 350 thousand jobs in the country 90 thousand direct jobs and 240 thousand indirect.
With the announced measure, the rate of the IPI refrigerators fell from 15% to 5%, to ovens, from 5% to 0%, washing machines, from 20% to 10% and Tanquinho from 10% to 0% . The reduction will result in a tax waiver of about $ 173 million to the government.
Source: Agência Brasil
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