Representatives of the Ministry of Transport this week presented a project portfolio in Mexico to try to attract giants from the country’s infrastructure sector to invest in Brazilian motorways. Entourage was there between the 9th and 11th.
The executive secretary of the Ministry of Transport, George Santoro, told Fancy that Mexican groups showed interest in the projects. 15 Auctions are planned at the end of this year. Next is BR-04, which connects Rio de Janeiro to Juiz de Fora, and BR-163 in Mato Grosso do Sul.
For next year, there are another 20 projects, a total of $ 161 billion in investments and 8,449 kilometers of new concessions. For this, according to the Ministry, the catch of international investors is an important part of expanding the competitiveness of the auction
According to Santoro, the trip to prospectus investments for the second half and 2026 is wallet. “Bringing new players is important, even because they can also make consortia with Brazilian companies.”
Santoro explained that some Brazilian companies are very leverage and must increase the capital structure to participate in the projects or access cheaper money. “Mexican companies have banks behind, I find it interesting to get cheaper financing,” the executive secretary said.
In Mexico, Brazilian performed one Roadshow And a round of bilateral meetings with eight companies looking for new markets to expand their performance. “We planted a seed in a market that had never been explored by Brazil, which has very large groups and experience of concessions,” explained Santoro.
According to the Ministry’s executive secretary, the goal is to employ until the end of the Lula administration more than half of the federal network. “We entered the government with 14 thousand kilometers granted, we are already 16 thousand kilometers and we will enter the market another 8.5 thousand kilometers,” he says.
Santoro also points out that the entire Ministry’s wallet today is coal zero, has an investment percentage for energy transition and is 100% adapted to the guidelines for the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD).