A parliament member’s reaction to the increase in car prices: society is not ready

According to the online economy report, quoted by ISNA, Hojjatullah Firouzi about the increase Car Prices In the new year, he said: Last week, the two CEOs of the country’s automobile manufacturers came to the Industries Commission and talked about automobile issues, and considering the increase in the price of raw materials and currency, especially about the goods that are expensive and are supposed to be supplied from outside, Was raised.

Car manufacturers believe that the current car price is also harmful for them

This member of the Parliament’s Industries Commission further clarified: The argument of the car manufacturers is that even now, considering the factory price, they are giving away the car at a loss and they are asking for a price increase. Of course, increasing the price of cars is not the authority of the parliament to increase or decrease the price, after all, these issues are under the control of the government and the executive branch is in charge of this task.

Regarding the approval of the Competition Council for AIncrease in car prices He stated: Apparently, the competition council has revised the prices, and of course they did not announce the prices officially, but what is in the media and the statements of the members of the competition council is that the prices of cars have increased by an average of 30 to 70 percent. . What is important is that because the increase in the price of cars also affects other goods, practically the society is not ready for a new price increase and the parliament, respecting the rights of car manufacturers and in such a way that their losses can be covered in some way, does not consider it advisable to In the current situation, the prices will increase again, because these events affect other goods as well, although in handing over the car, the parliament still intends to act in such a way that the car reaches the hands of real customers.

The supply and demand of cars do not match

The representative of the people of Fasa in the Islamic Council, pointing out that there are several issues at the same time, said: the loss of the car manufacturers, considering that the car manufacturers say that we see a loss with these prices, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the huge difference in car prices. In the free market with the factory price, which causes many people to be drawn to economic activity in this market in order to generate profit and income and maintain the value of their money. It means that the economic market is an unstable market and the macro economy is damaged, and action must be taken in this regard. Also, another problem that exists is that supply and demand do not match, and for this reason, the sum of problems has become a polynomial equation that cannot be solved with the current government model.

This member of the Parliament’s Industries and Mines Commission said: Let’s accept that, unfortunately, due to the problems in the country’s macroeconomics, many small funds that cannot be used elsewhere have entered the car market, and this issue has disrupted the car market. In fact, many of those who operate in the car market are not real car consumers, in fact, they are looking for the difference between the factory and the market price.

At the same time, Firozi noted: official statistics show that the country’s real need for cars is between 1 million 200 and 1 million 500 thousand cars, on the other hand, the production of cars in the public and private sector is about 1 million cars. Therefore, considering that our production rate is not far from our demand rate and it is in the range of several thousand devices, but we see that when a call for the sale of cars is presented, several million people register and this indicates that this The market is not real.

This member of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Council emphasized that until we think about the issue of automobiles, we will be faced with mandatory pricing, and said: With these methods, we will raffle cars one day and waste time one day. (According to the new method, which is considered to deliver a car in 3 months or one year), we have managed the market exclusively in a piecemeal manner, and none of these methods are responsive to the current conditions, so until we can supply and demand If we bring it to a reasonable level and on the other hand, if we do not manage the macro economy of the country, the issues in the automobile field will not be manageable.

This member of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Council also reminded about the cancellation of the approval of the import of used cars: In the budget of 1402, I put forward a proposal on behalf of the Industries Commission, which was also voted on in the open floor of the Parliament and approved by the Guardian Council. But the supervisory board of the general policies of the system rejected this issue. The proposal was to allow the import of used cars that are up to 5 years old so that the market reaches a price balance, which happens in other countries and even countries that are car manufacturers themselves, such as Germany, in order to balance the market. create and be able to respond to a part of the demands, they import used and second-hand cars with certain lifetimes.

The government should seriously think about the import of cars

Firouzi further stated: The proposal of the parliament was that this should happen and it was voted in the parliament, but in the end, the part related to passenger cars was removed from the resolution of the parliament, but other used cars such as tractors, vans, buses and other cars are still standing. and it is mentioned in the budget law of 1402. The government should have a basic thought in this regard and welcome those who are ready to import cars, and the cars will be imported so that supply and demand are balanced.