Amérique du Sud

THE INOVAR-AUTO PROGRAM IN BRAZIL, ITS OBJECTIVES AND THE AUTOMAKERS ADHESION

Tiago Bernardino Vargas and Geraldo Augusto Pinto

Abstract: The tax incentive policy for the Brazilian automotive sector Inovar-Auto was in effect from 2012-2017. Despite its legislative complexity, the program served, additionally to the explicit objectives, a common interest of the national automotive chain actors: the protection of the internal market in the face of imports. During the program development, other aspects interfered with its effectiveness, such as the difficulty of traceability, the questioning of WTO, and Brazil's economic and political crisis during this period. This study qualitatively analyzes the objectives of Inovar-Auto and the adhesion of the automotive industry; based on documents, secondary data, and interviews with actors from from organizations that participated in the elaboration and execution of the program. It is concluded that the program has achieved, in addition to its explicit objectives.

Keywords: Inovar-Auto; Automotive Public Incentives; Automakers.

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Regional productive integration of the automotive value chain of Mercosur as a development strategy against the new global architecture

Mariano Treacy

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