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Contraband - Mexico - Mexican car industry resists

Manufacturers and distributors of trucks and buses, on Tuesday denounced the plan to forgive illegally used vehicles imported from United States of (NA).

Mexico, DF, MEJ, Associated Press 08.09.2005

The appeal of nine industry associations came as Congress considers a new amnesty to an estimated over 2 million illegal vehicles-known in Mexico as "chocolates" - which entered the country under temporary permits, or in parts, and remain without paying taxes or complying with the rules of the road.

Political pressure has previously forced officials to legalize such vehicles more than a dozen times, and in recent months, lawmakers were pressured by protests and crippling Caravan the tránsito.Los industry representatives said another amnesty for vehicles exacerbate a vicious circle, which floods the Mexican roads with unsafe vehicles, high contamination, which discourages honest manufacturers and dealers of transport. "A car is smuggled into our country and pays nothing (in taxes). It costs 3,000 to $ 5,000. And the failure sends to anyone who thinks that the law exists in this country," said Elias Dip, President National Confederation of Private Transporters in a press conference.
"The advantage may be to some, but the threat is to a large majority," added Dep.
industry groups estimate that about 100,000 trucks and 20,000 buses illegal, about 25 percent of the national fleet, currently circulating in the Mexican roads.
The industry is promoting a credit plan that rewards the owners to withdraw their aging vehicles. But only 1,000 vehicles, approximately, have been removed under this plan.

Juan José Guerra, President of the National Association of Manufacturers of Buses, Trucks, Tractors and trailers, said that better funding is needed to help the Mexicans to stay away from illegal imports.
"They will not be able to live well given how costly it is to maintain" Used truck, illegal, said Guerra. "The challenge is finding financing schemes and the necessary guarantees so that everyone has access to an efficient truck, new or used." Smuggling vehicles can be captured and destroyed by police, and drivers now face criminal penalties according to the Supreme Court decision in June. But that has not stilled the demand for these vehicles, said Eduardo Arreguin, Chair of the Transport Division of the Automobile Dealers Association of Mexico.