Análise dos efeitos do aumento do IPI dos carros importados sobre a sociedade brasileira até 2012

Abstract

This paper analyzes the increased rate of IPI (tax over industrialized products) on imported cars which took place in September 2011. Reports the importance of the automobile industry in Brazil, the result of the tax increase on imported car prices, the situation of demand and supply of these goods, the impacts on consumers and producers and the impact on the social well-being of the country. Due to the increase of this tax, there has been an increase in the unit price of the imported vehicles, a pullback in supply and demand of these goods, a rise in costs for consumers and producers of imported cars and a loss of social welfare, therefore a cost to the Brazilian society.