The Minister of Industry, Trade and Services, Marcos Pereira, said on Tuesday, during a lecture at the headquarters of the National Industry Confederation (CNI), that Brazil should resume growth route from impeachment. "We need to signal with concrete measures from the confirmation of the President of the removal process Dilma, by the Senate, and municipal elections in October. Until then, we have limitations, "he said.

In a speech to the presidents of the main associations of industry, emeritus officers and directors of CNI, Marcos Pereira highlighted the work of the ministry as a key to carry out the necessary reforms to the country's development.The Minister made an assessment of the current economic scenario, where the domestic industry is going through a challenging time, with production in decline since 2014, falling share of GDP deficit in formal employment and low productivity.

In this scenario, the minister defended the industry's agenda of inclusion in the national economic development strategy. "President Temer is very sensitive to the industry's priorities agenda as well as various government agencies.These actions need to coordinate and sectored "he said.

Marcos Pereira pointed out the MDIC actuation axes: competitiveness and industrial development, foreign trade, innovation and new business, commerce and services. "We are committed to advance the agenda of the productive sector and we can not waste time. Determined that the actions be played swiftly, pragmatic and proactive, "he said.

After little more than two months ahead of the MDIC, Marcos Pereira was well received by industry representatives."We are confident that the minister has the ability and determination to seek understanding of the solutions to the problems we have presented," said the president of CNI, Robson Andrade.

industrial competitiveness

The folder works with proposals in at least four areas of interest in the industry: productivity, investment, reducing costs and bureaucracy. Among the actions to increase productivity, the minister highlighted the Brazil More Productive Program, the result of a partnership between MDIC, CNI / SENAI, Apex-Brazil and ABDI, with support from BNDES and Sebrae.

There are already 1,840 companies registered in all federation units in the program, which offers advice to small and medium industries in order to reduce waste in the production process. The goal is to reach an average gain of at least 20% productivity. "With this, we expect favorable environment for the creation of new programs and increased competitiveness," he noted.

The investment attraction agenda is also under discussion, including the improvement of existing instruments. Marcos Pereira, Brazil has great potential for growth, but investment costs are very high. "We decided that we will only move forward with the partnership of businessmen and international investors," said the minister.

There is a proposal to reduce the cost of electricity and to increase the supply of natural gas for industry. In this case, by setting price.

NR-12

Marcos Pereira argued that the bureaucracy needs to leave the speeches to practice. According to him, many "locks" the productive sector are related to rules and regulations that do not require the approval of Congress, as the review of NR-12.

Changes in NR-12 is a demand of the productive sector and are currently the subject of joint evaluation by the MDIC and the Ministry of Labor. "There are several ideas under discussion. This standard is an anomaly, "said Mark Pereira.

The Ministry have also discussed measures in the area of ​​energy efficiency in the industry, such as the advance in Inmetro certification; and the development of a program for small and medium enterprises.

Among the various proposals for improving the MDIC business environment are the modernization of labor law, adequacy of tariff and tariff structure, the development and strengthening of free trade agreements. In the Oil and Gas sector, the priority of the MDIC is to regulate and strengthen the PEDEFOR, the program established in 2016 that placed the folder in discussions to raise the competitiveness of local suppliers.

Foreign trade

The Brazilian government has a goal of greater integration of the country into international markets, strengthening trade relations with traditional and emerging partners. "We are aligned with the CNI international agenda for 2016. After confirming the impeachment, we intend to lead missions to raise Brazil's level in relation to foreign trade," said the minister, the productive sector.

Therefore, the ministry works in the conclusion of agreements on bilateral, regional and multilateral levels and negotiations in areas such as goods, services, trade facilitation, technical regulations and government procurement.Some countries and blocs are considered priority, such as the United States, Mexico, the South American countries of the Pacific Basin and the European Union.

The minister pointed out in his lecture the Single Portal of Foreign Trade, the main concrete action facilitation of foreign trade of the Brazilian Government is recasting the export process and import and customs transit. With the completion of the Portal, scheduled for 2017, the expectation is to reduce by 40% the average export periods (13 to 8 days) and imports (17 to 10 days).

Trade and Services

Marcos Pereira presented to the industry the strategic agenda of the MDIC with the Ministries of Finance and Labour, which includes projects such as the unification of receipt of electronic services, cutting red tape so the issue as surveillance.

Among other issues, there are actions to Trade and Services segment, ongoing, as the review of services Brazilian Nomenclature, Intangibles and other operations (NBS). Uniform, national classifier will increase competitiveness, and better focus on development and evaluation of public policies.

Innovation and New Business

In the other axis, the ministry is moving forward in the promotion of new business and innovation in the market, with proposals such as the restructuring of the INPI and hiring more examiners for the organ. "We are aware of the bottleneck is in the INPI. We are making an effort to hire more examiners approved in 70 contests. The current frame is less than the offices as the United States, Japan and the European Union, and the demand is equivalent, "he noted.

In the field of startups, the ministry coordinates the Innovative Brazil, greater acceleration of start-ups in the country program. 2016 are provided the training, mentoring and connecting with investors 600 companies. Action is a partnership with Senai and MEI / CNI.

MDIC also keeps open tenders in the area of ​​international cooperation for joint R & D projects between Brazilian companies and partner countries, such as Germany, France and Israel. The notice to the United Kingdom should be released later this year.