Smuggling 2 billion dollars of car spare parts into the country every year – Tejaratnews

The Secretary of the Association of Homogenous Industries of Powertrain and Auto Parts Manufacturers of the country announced the annual smuggling of 2 billion dollars of spare parts and auto parts, which are mostly related to expensive cars.

According to Tejarat News, “Arash Mohibinejad” stated: Most of these smuggled parts and spare parts are related to luxury and expensive cars, and low-quality parts are also imported.

He said: the entry of these low-quality parts, while leaving the country, poses a lot of life and financial risks for consumers, and due to the non-payment of interest, customs duties and value-added tax, etc., it has a high competitive power in the market.

The Secretary of the Association of Homogeneous Powertrain Industries and Automobile Parts Manufacturers of the country, criticizing the lack of supervision regarding the quality of spare parts even in the official sources of goods entering the country, stated: In this context, we have seen that the importer can only declare low-quality Chinese, Indian, etc. goods. import and people also buy them out of ignorance.

The plan to intensify dealing with the supply of goods without identification

The anti-trafficking headquarters announced that from June 16, the implementation of the plan to intensify dealing with the supply of goods without identification in the market by the protection organization, the provincial security organization, the police force and the cooperation of other security institutions will begin.

Referring to the start of this plan on June 16, Mohibinejad added: The implementation of these plans is not only in line with the continuation of dealing with smuggled goods, but also in the field of distribution, even if the smuggler succeeds in entering the smuggled goods, he cannot easily distribute them in the distribution network. to sell

He continued: “This project, while dealing with smugglers, will control the spare parts market in terms of product quality and authenticity.”

The Secretary of the Association of Homogeneous Powertrain Industries and Automobile Parts Manufacturers of the country, announcing the full cooperation of the member manufacturers of the association, manufacturers and relevant trades in the past months with the implementers of the plan, noted: Of course, there are criticisms of this plan, including the inclusion of factory door prices and The price is the final customer, which in our opinion was a hasty and useless thing.

He stated: In such a situation, the distribution network puts pressure on the producer to achieve the desired profit, and based on this, it has only resulted in the loss of the producer and the emergence of tax problems, etc. for them.

Mohibinejad expressed hope that by identifying all products and preventing the production of low-quality goods and the importation of smuggled and undocumented goods, we will witness more trust in auto spare parts from the people.

Product ID or product code, which is also called barcode, is actually a product identification card and differentiates smuggled goods from non-smuggled goods.

Source: Irena