Locking of drivers by truck importers / proposal to facilitate “scrapping” to the Minister of Roads

Ahmad Karimi saidوگو Regarding the recent protests of truck drivers and their demands, he told the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency: “It should be noted that the recent demands of truck drivers are only a matter of fleet modernization.”

The secretary of the country’s truckers’ associations added: “Some of these people are right, but some have demands that we personally oppose.”

He added: “Paragraph” C “of Article 3 of the country’s permanent program law states that owners of worn-out fleets can renovate their trucks by importing trucks with a life of three years in Europe and scrapping them.

The secretary of the Association of Truck Owners Associations added: “It is clear in the heart of this law that the target group is the owners of the worn-out fleet, but unfortunately the Roads and Transportation Organization in its plan to modernize the fleet left the issue of scrapping to the final stage.” (Truck with 3 years of import life), obtains environmental permits, standards and after-sales service, then the truck from Customs It is cleared and before numbering, the applicant must bring the scrapping vehicle.

He said: ‌ When this issue was raised, the price of a scrapped truck was about 170 to 200 million Tomans, for example, and the price of a new truck was 2 billion Tomans, but today, when the price of a new truck has increased to 6 billion Tomans. Naturally, the price of both the worn-out fleet and the scrapped truck has increased to 700 to 900 million tomans. In this situation, the drivers or the companies that brought the imported trucks saw that it was not possible to buy scrapped trucks at these prices.

* The applicant for importing the fleet had to introduce the scrapped fleet from the beginning

Karimi continued: ‌So the first objection is that the Roads and Transportation Organization did not plan properly for this work, the Roads Organization could guide the design systems and the applicant and ask him ‌ in the first step of the scrapped fleet that is to be Introduce the new fleet, introduce it to determine that the applicant must have a worn fleet.

He added: “In any case, some businessmen and intermediaries who monitored the market conditions well, bought a large number of scrapped trucks that were able or could not work, and tried to monopolize this renovation project.”

* Importing a truck with a life of 3 years must be for scrapping

The secretary of the Association of Truck Owners Associations added: “Unfortunately, the second point is that in the discussion of importing these trucks, there are costs associated with imports that do not have very specific rates, and importers sometimes ask for money in the name of clearance or to obtain card points.” No, and this must be managed, even the parliament at some point set a price for after-sales service and then for the priceالعمل An importer set the price, but this was not observed at the bottom of the market.

Karimi said: “Today, some of the people who gathered in front of the parliament, the presidential institution and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, believed that the truck should be scrapped in exchange for the arrival of new imported trucks. Renovation means removing a scrapping truck and inserting a new truck.

* ‌The productivity of our trucks is not one third of the European fleet / we do not have a shortage of trucks‌

He added: “While we do not face the problem of shortage of trucks in the country, that is, the number of trucks in the country is responsible for transporting goods, unfortunately this happens in the internal assembly sector and enters the fleet without dropping trucks, in fact people around this table They sit longer, but we have reduced productivity and economic inefficiency.

The secretary of the Association of Truck Owners Associations added: Today, there are about 400,000 trucks operating in the country that operate with low productivity.

Karimi added: “In European countries, the average speed of a truck per year is 250,000 kilometers, but in our country this figure is 50,000 kilometers and we have a fifth of the European fleet productivity, while it is necessary for one third to 50 percent of the European fleet productivity, our fleet Be productive but should not beJaze The new fleet entered the country without interruption.

* Letter to the Highways Organization and the Minister of Roads to facilitate the supply of scrapping fleet

The secretary of the country’s truckers’ associations said: “In this regard, considering that a problem has been created for some of our compatriots and we must have a legal solution and use our legal capacity, we have given suggestions to the Roads and Transportation Organization that this letter Signed by the Minister of Roads and Urban Development to the Cabinet for approval; A number of decisions have been made in this letter that facilitate the discussion of providing a scrapping fleet, and this problem will be somewhat resolved.

Karimi emphasized: ‌ Of course, legally, it is not possible to eliminate the scrapping fleet in exchange for the import of trucks, and we do not agree with that.

* Truck importers have not complied with their scrapping obligations

He added: “As I said, a large number of people who protested yesterday and today do not have a scrapping truck at all and want to enter the country with a new fleet without a scrapping truck.”

The secretary of the country’s truckers’ associations said: “Some of these drivers had also talked to the importing companies, but these companies have not fulfilled their commitment to scrapping.”

He explained: “The big problem is that part of the scrapping obligations must be fulfilled by the importing company, which has not been fulfilled, ie the buyer of the truck has come to the importer, an agreed rate has been agreed to supply an imported truck, and All services, including scrapping, have been at the heart of the contract, but some of the importers who have scrapped the obligation have not fulfilled their obligation, and today they are provoking some drivers and raising the issue in a way that eliminates the scrapping of the truck.

Karimi said: “The company is committed to scrapping 100 trucks, and if it wants to supply it, it will not be able to supply it at these prices.

Secretary of the Association of Truck Owners Associations of the country Added: The discussion of the public transport fleet is different from that of private cars. If a driver arrives his truck 10 to 15 days late because he has taken a loan and sold part of his life to pay for this fleet, and 30 to 40 million tomans a month It has an installment, it is facing a problem, now in this situation, the driver of the car has to provide 800 million for the scrapping, which is definitely There are financial problemsImporters, on the other hand, are inciting these drivers to take on the responsibilities they owe to the government.

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