The president of the CNI (National Confederation of Industry), Robson Andrade, defended to members of the team of the president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that the sector needs a specific policy to try to reverse the process of deindustrialization. Its main banner is the recreation of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, extinct by Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula wants to appoint Josué Gomes da Silva, currently president of Fiesp, the federation of industries in São Paulo, to command the portfolio. Behind the scenes, presidents of companies linked to the CNI consider that the position should be held by a politician. They believe, however, that Josué will have the role of guarantor of the nominee.
Currently, the industry accounts for 22% of GDP, and according to CNI, accounts for 72% of exports of goods and services. Annual tax incentives are in the order of R$ 33 billion.
Agribusiness, which, according to CNI directors, depends on the industry to guarantee its productivity, operates with R$ 51 billion in tax incentives and the weight of the segment in GDP is 27%.
The entity argues that there is a lack of stimulus and incentive measures for the country to enter the era of industry 4.0 – fully connected to the internet and automated.
In the talks, they presented the models announced by countries in the European Union, Japan, China, South Korea, among others, which provide not only subsidies, but public policies to encourage the development of factories in the country.
Innovation
Another point highlighted in the conversations with Lula’s team is the importance of Senai (National Industrial Learning Service) in the development of cutting-edge research for companies installed in the country.
Advisors to the president-elect claim that the Institute of Technology and Innovation of the Senai system has already earned almost R$ 2 billion with 1,930 projects for the development of patents and solutions to industrial problems. The companies invested R$ 1.2 billion in these projects – a quarter developed in partnership with universities and other research centers.
The Chinese group CTG Brasil, owner of the Três Gargantas plant, is one of the success stories. The partnership initially moves R$ 24 million for research in the area of large-scale energy storage for a low carbon economy and biofuel production.
julio Wiziack (interim) with Paulo Ricardo Martins and Diego Felix
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