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15 2.4 to 2.9.2019 AutoData News Agency Weekly Edition is produced by AutoData Editora Ltda . Rua Pascal, 1693 Campo Belo - São Paulo SP Brazil CEP 04719-001 Phone +55 11 5189 8900 . Translation: Allex Chies. Graphic Project/Art: Romeu Bassi Neto. Associated Team: André Barros, Bruno de Oliveira, Caio Bednarski, Leandro Alves, Márcio Stéfani. Responsible Journalist: Vicente Alessi, filho MS SJPESP 4 874. Editorial agreements: Tiempo Motor (Argentina) and Flash de Motor (Venezuela). The copying and/or distribution without previous permission are strictly forbidden. thousand units in the first month this year represented a decrease of 28,9% in the comparison with the 10,4 thousand of January 2018 and 67,7% compared to the 22,9 thousand of December. Brazil received 58,7% of the Argentine vehicles exported last month. The countries of Central America - Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic –accounted for 11,4% together, Peru 7,5%, Chile 7,3% and Colombia 6,5%. Argentina’s total production in January was of 14,8 thousand units, a decrease of 32,3% compared to a year ago, with 21,8 thousand, and 27,7% in the comparison with December and its 20,5 thousand. For Luis Fernando Gamboa, president of Adefa, “the performance in January came along with December results and leads us to be very cautious about how the sector will behave this year. In 2018, the market and the industry started from an inertia, which led to estimates of record breaking that, however, were affected by the financial turbulences. This way, the year ended closer to our historical averages”. The executive added that “with the productive stops in December and its effects in the first month of this year, the numbers decreased, which also affected exports. So we have to wait to evaluate the market behavior at the end of the first quarter. In any case, we will keep working on new international negotiations and on improving competitiveness”. Adefa has not released its projections for the local market until 2019 so far.