Through the port of
Alger, the port of Durban, the port of Tunis, the port of Abidjan, the port of
Walvis Bay along West African coastline the fleet of used cars in Africa arrives. The most popular being the European,
the American and the Asian models like companies ranging from the Honda, the
Hyundai through the Tata Motor Corps, to the German automobile top notches like
Mercedes and Audi.
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Since the ascent of
the African middle class beyond the level of mere survivors and with the ever
increasing GDP of African nations with the recent discoveries of various
natural resource pits across the continent the viability of the consumers has
somewhat improved thus bettering the Purchase Power Parity of the mass in
general.
This has brought in a
revolutionary change in the sales of the used
cars in Africa. The diminutive manufacturing sectors in most African
countries and the sparse production of first hand automobile goods juxtaposed
with the other factors like incorrigible road and transport infrastructure and
lack of proper technical help have aided to the flourish of the market for the used cars in Africa.
The import of used cars in Africa has not only
improved the import scenario of the African nations but also raised the GDP
graph slowly but exponentially. However the impact coin has another side which
is vastly different. It has bashed the market for the domestically produced
automobiles and has brought the country’s manufacturing future to the edge of
the jeopardy mountain. However the government cannot straight away dismiss the
import of used cars in Africa as
that will affect the economy even more adversely since it is one of the main
cornerstones of their current slow yet gradual growth.
In this context the
decision of the Botswana government to ban usedcars in Botswana which are more than five years old and are non-registered
took a toll in the economy of not only the country concerned but also other
countries like Zimbabwe which were so far overtly dependent on the imports at
the Walvis Bay.
source by : http://www.absolutemotors.sg/
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