DaimlerChrysler do Brasil this week celebrated exporting its 100,000th Brazilian-made bus, writes Rogerio Louro.

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Exports began in 1961, five years after Mercedes-Benz truck and bus production began in Brazil.


The 100,000th bus will be sent to Chile.


Bus exports account for 67% of DaimlerChrysler’s total Brazilian sales to foreign markets.


In the first half of 2002, DC exported 2,000 Mercedes-Benz buses, accounting for 70% of all Brazilian bus exports.

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