85 disposição para continuar trabalhando em busca de melhorias para o setor”, afirma Clésio Andrade. Para o presidente da CNT, o resultado desse quadro pode ser a ausência de novos investimentos privados na atividade. Ele informa que o transportador não se sente confortável em ampliar os seus negócios, o que compromete ainda mais o crescimento do setor e do país. Mas, em sua própria análise do cenário, Clésio Andrade demonstra um pouco de otimismo no país. Ele aponta as razões. “Em 2015 o Brasil inicia uma nova fase, com mudanças nos poderes Executivo e Legislativo”, avalia. “A expectativa é que as alterações no governo possam conduzir o país para um novo caminho, superando todo o pessimismo que rondou os diversos setores da economia em 2014.” 2015 began full of concern for businesspeople in the transport segment. In late 2014, after analyzing the scenario and the outlook for the coming months, most demonstrated a clear lack of confidence in the recovery of the Brazilian economy in the short term. “Given the results last year, transport companies fear rising inflation and costs of inputs. I do not believe GDP will grow or that there will be a proper solution in transport infrastructure in the coming years. Difficulties in finding skilled workers will also continue,” says Clésio Andrade, president of the National Transportation Confederation (CNT). Andrade points to the importance of transport, saying it is closely linked to the production and sale of goods and services in an economy. And he adds that the view of transport companies indicates that the outlook for economic performance will not be very positive. “Data from the Transport Company Expectations Survey 2014 - Phase 2, released by CNT in November outlined a very pessimistic scenario. In interviews with businesspeople, 72.1% said there will be a rise in inflation and 67.1% reported that the degree of confidence in the government’s economic management is low,” Andrade says. This was the sixth edition of the survey. It looks at projections and expectations among businesspeople on issues such as macroeconomics, infrastructure investment and business activity. Interviews were carried out among 445 businesspeople in road transport (freight and passenger), waterways (marine and inland) and rail (freight).The document is an important economic analysis tool that assists the CNT in defining future strategies, and helps transport companies in their planning for the following year. The survey also showed that some of the problems faced today began to affect the segment last year. “2014 was a hard year in the transport business. The high tax burden, red tape and lack of efficient planning in the logistics system are factors that still hinder the sector’s performance. It is now to be hoped, in this new cycle, that recovery can be brought about. There is no shortage among transport companies of enthusiasm to keep on working towards improvements for the sector,” says Andrade. The president of the CNT believes the result of the current situation may be a reduction of new private investment in the business. He says transport companies do not feel comfortable about expanding their businesses, which further compromises the growth of the sector and the country. Personally, Andrade is somewhat optimistic about Brazil. “In 2015 Brazil starts a new phase, with changes in the executive and legislative branches,” he says. “The expectation is that changes in the government could lead the country on a new path, overcoming all the pessimism that surrounded the various sectors of the economy in 2014,” he explains. A hard path Research shows that businesspeople in the transport sector do not expect an economic recovery in Brazil in the short term, and they may reduce investments in 2015
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