High interest rates hinder new investments in industry. CNI provides guidance on how to obtain credit.

From the 247 branch in Brasília – The National Confederation of Industry (CNI) has a Credit Support Center (NAC, website: www.nac.cni.com.brThis has proven to be a powerful tool to assist micro, small, medium, and large industrial entrepreneurs in analyzing, identifying, and contracting the best and most recommended credit lines to foster different businesses. Free of charge, companies and corporations that request support from the Center before seeking loans from financial institutions to finance working capital, cover new investments, or even expand industrial lines, receive technical advice aimed at determining which institution or credit program is most suitable for their needs.

Interviewee this week on the program "Dialogues with Industry," from TV 247The CNI's economic policy manager, Fábio Guerra, also highlighted that there are other more sophisticated and in-depth types of advice for those who wish, for example, to seek financing to expand industrial plants or even open branches in other states different from where the business is already based. In these cases, NAC's advice requires payment for consulting. This year, more than 14.000 consultations have already been made to CNI's service, and the trend is for strong growth in this demand. Guerra, the CNI manager, also explained that there is a special partnership between the Center and BNDES – the National Bank for Economic and Social Development – ​​the largest promoter of industry. Through this partnership, those seeking information on credit lines at BNDES and registered as "industry" are automatically redirected to NAC's technical support. Throughout the program, the ways to access the Center were explained, which is quite simple.

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