It begins the race for partnership in HST

With the popularization, at the beginning of the month, of the economical-financial modelling of the High-speed train (HST), the start was given to the countries technology holders for train-bleats to look for Brazilian partners. The own government has if diligent to do that bridge. Last week, the National Bank of Economical and Social Development (BNDES) promoted an event returned to the national contractors, that also counted with the external investors’ representatives’ participation.

In the encounter of the last 16, that it gathered 89 participants of about 20 builders, the president of BNDES, Luciano Coutinho, detailed the technical information regarding the project, as the demand study, the plan of the strong line and the economical-financial modelling. The government will finance through BNDES about 60,4% of the project of R$ 34,6 billion. Other R$ 3,397 billion can be paid with resources of Eximbank, completing the participation of 70% of public money in the project.

Besides, the Brazilian government will assume expenses with expropriation, it will exempt the winner of the auction of taxes and it will inject R$ 1,13 billion in HST Brazil’s operator, that will be responsible for the reception of the technology of the high-speed train. Germany, France, Korea, Japan, Spain, China and Italy already began the battery of meetings with Brazilian builders – the dispute for partnerships should be bounded the builders of larger load, like Andrade Gutierrez, Odebrecht, Camargo Corrêa, Queiroz Galvão e Mendes Júnior.

“What lacked for the beginning of the conversations between investors and potential partners was the financial modelling, that it came extremely favorable, with great financing” conditions, it affirmed the president of Asian Trade Link (ATL), Marco Pólo Leite, responsible for the bridge between the Chinese business community and the Brazilian government.

Fonte: Monitor Mercantil