Parliament’s retreat from car imports / carmakers’ feet?

According to Tejarat News, news has recently been published about the withdrawal of the Joint Commission from the import of 50,000 passenger cars.

About three weeks ago, during the review of the budget bill in the Joint Commission, Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtaja al-Dini, a member of this commission, announced the approval of the import of 50,000 cars. Unlike in the past, with non-export currency.

A member of the 1401 budget consolidation commission explained that the government could import 50,000 passenger cars and 10,000 heavy vehicles next year with an entry tariff approved by the cabinet.

At that time, the revenue ceiling of this section was set at 600,000 billion rials.

Ali Jedi, another member of parliament, also said in this regard: “I think that the import of 50,000 cars will be approved in the courtyard.”Tasnim).

But now the page is turned and new news indicates a retreat from the import of passenger cars.

According to the new resolution of the commission, 50,000 trucks, buses outside and inside the city, trailers, refrigerated trailers, wagons, refrigerated and deadly wagons and tens of thousands of heavy machinery will be imported into the country. In other words, passenger cars have changed to public and heavy vehicles.

What is the story?

What is the reason for the delay in importing passenger cars?

Firooz Naderi, an automotive expert, told Tejarat News: “It seems that car manufacturers have not fully agreed to import cars into the country.” Some of them are against imports.

He added that behind-the-scenes gangs that take advantage of the car import ban are blocking liberalization. Automakers can not compete with the liberalization of imports. They can not easily implement pre-sales plans and have difficulty selling products.

According to Tejarat News, a number of experts also believe that the reason for the ban on car imports is not the support of car manufacturers and their opposition to imports, but the lack of currency in the country. In other words, the opposition of the government and, of course, the Expediency Council, may have caused the parliament to withdraw from importing passenger cars.

The decision was made while some experts believed that even the arrival of 50,000 passenger cars was not enough to solve a problem in the market.

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