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http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports 2026-04-06T21:47:29Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.31.0-rc.0 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=23034&oldid=prev 2018-07-19T12:03:59Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:03, 19 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </del>forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://blogs.Realtown.com/search/?q=right-hand%20drive </del>right-hand drive<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Search.Usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&amp;query=</ins>driving <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">driving] </ins>habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </ins>and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </ins>Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

BeatrisWallen59 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22990&oldid=prev 2018-07-19T09:55:21Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:55, 19 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </del>military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Rt.com/search/everywhere/term/Yutaka%20Sanada/ </del>Yutaka Sanada<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </ins>forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://blogs.Realtown.com/search/?q=right-hand%20drive </ins>right-hand drive<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

JohnetteFlinn89 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22731&oldid=prev 2018-07-18T20:02:48Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:02, 18 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </del>first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Sportsrants.com/?s=right-hand%20drive </del>right-hand drive<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </ins>military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Rt.com/search/everywhere/term/Yutaka%20Sanada/ </ins>Yutaka Sanada<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

OliveBuckley http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22643&oldid=prev 2018-07-18T15:28:51Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:28, 18 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=</del>investment <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">investment] </del>-- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Theepochtimes.com/n3/search/?q=</del>compared <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">compared] </del>to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang </del> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tour bắc kinh từ hà nội</del>] Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's&#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">du lịch Bắc Kinh</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang </ins>Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Sportsrants.com/?s=right-hand%20drive </ins>right-hand drive<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

StacieCopley6 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22570&oldid=prev 2018-07-18T10:38:51Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:38, 18 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.Youtube.com/results?search_query=routinely,creativecommons </del>routinely<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow </del> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.Flickr.com/search/?q=Soe%20Nyut </del>Soe Nyut<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=investment </ins>investment<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>-- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Theepochtimes.com/n3/search/?q=</ins>compared <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">compared] </ins>to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang&#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow </ins>5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

HermineFeaster http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22463&oldid=prev 2018-07-18T04:59:59Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:59, 18 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 2012, the year after </del>[http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">de</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pons</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">�bersetzung?q=breaking&amp;l=deen&amp;</del>in<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=&amp;lf=en </del>breaking<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </del>drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </del>55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.Tumblr.com/tagged/streets </del>streets<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>[http://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www.vtr</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vn</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2012, the year after </ins>breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.Youtube.com/results?search_query=routinely,creativecommons </ins>routinely<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </ins>5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.Flickr.com/search/?q=Soe%20Nyut </ins>Soe Nyut<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

MargaritaJacoby http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22274&oldid=prev 2018-07-17T20:11:16Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:11, 17 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.jamendo.com/en/search?qs=fq=license_cc:(-nc%20AND%20-nd)&amp;q=Myanmar%27s%20road </del>Myanmar's road<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-</del>5<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội]</del>-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://de.pons.com/�bersetzung?q=breaking&amp;l=deen&amp;in=&amp;lf=en </ins>breaking<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] </ins>drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </ins>55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.Tumblr.com/tagged/streets </ins>streets<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </ins>cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

XZAAshli24 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=22202&oldid=prev 2018-07-17T16:35:40Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:35, 17 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Data.gov.uk/data/search?q=right-hand </del>right-hand<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>drive used&#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tour bắc kinh từ hà nội</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cars in a bid to </del>boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] </del>of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.ourmidland.com/search/?q=Nissan%20regional </del>Nissan regional<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm]-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports of right-hand drive used <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cars in a bid to </ins> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vtr.org.vn</ins>] boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.jamendo.com/en/search?qs=fq=license_cc:(-nc%20AND%20-nd)&amp;q=Myanmar%27s%20road </ins>Myanmar's road<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road �Soe Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">từ Hà Nội</ins>]-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

IrmaKeeler7441 http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=21731&oldid=prev 2018-07-16T19:01:08Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:01, 16 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports&#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vtr.org.vn</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of right-hand drive used </del>cars in a bid to boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://Www.Jamendo.com/en/search?qs=fq=license_cc:(-nc%20AND%20-nd)&amp;q=road%20%A9Soe </del>road �Soe<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>Than WIN (AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But until recently Western trade sanctions blocked imports of left-hand drive cars from Europe and the US, forcing motorists to turn to Japanese vehicles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result horn-beeping drivers routinely veer into the centre of the road to guage whether it is safe to overtake and buses unload passengers into the middle of busy streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that is set to change after the government banned imports of right-hand drive cars from this month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The move aims to boost local manufacturing and attract much-needed foreign investment, top priorities for Myanmar's newly elected government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Foreign automakers are now eyeing the largely untapped market of some 55 million consumers as a potential bright spot at a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] </del>time of lacklustre sales in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only seven out of 1,000 people own cars in Myanmar, compared to 200 in neighbouring Thailand, said Nissan regional senior vice president Yutaka Sanada.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Out of the ASEAN countries, Myanmar, in terms of the opportunity, is bigger than our neighbours,&quot; he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Buzznet.com/?s=locals%20complain </del>locals complain<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; 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he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-</ins>5<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm]</ins>-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; said rice shop owner Soe Nyut Aung.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I have a limited budget and second-hand cars are cheap.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div></td></tr> </table>

Christoper20P http://iqbal.wiki/index.php?title=Myanmar_restricts_used_car_imports&diff=21728&oldid=prev 2018-07-16T18:52:21Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:52, 16 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Myanmar has restricted imports <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of right-hand drive used cars in a bid to </del> [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] boost local production, draw foreign investment -- and phase out notoriously chaotic driving habits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the road.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Used car imports surged after the government liberalised restrictions in 2012, the year after breaking from half a century of isolationist military rule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Almost all of the cars on Myanmar's road are second-hand, 90 percent of them from Japan, even though the two nations drive on different sides of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">road �Soe Than&#160; 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he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.express.Co.uk/search/Safety%20campaigners/ </del>Safety campaigners<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </del>say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many locals complain the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; 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he told AFP on Wednesday at the launch of the Japanese giant's first locally manufactured car.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ang Bon Beng, senior regional director of Indochina at Nissan's partner Tan Chong Group, predicted annual sales would grow 5-10 percent in the next few years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at the current market of Myanmar, 95 percent are used cars,&quot; he said. &quot;But this country has decided it wants to liberalise&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Myanmar has been the top market for Japanese second-hand car exports for the past three years, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Safety campaigners say the ban on imports of used right-hand drive cars will save lives and mean rickety old bangers are taken off the streets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Others hope it will ease the daily gridlock that chokes the streets of the commercial capital Yangon, home to most of the country's cars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But many <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://Www.Buzznet.com/?s=locals%20complain </ins>locals complain<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>the ban has simply driven up the cost of second-hand cars and they cannot afford to buy new.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prices have risen 20-30 percent since it was announced in November and U Soe Tun, chair of industry body MAMDA, said they could double this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If I'm buying a car, I want to buy a car imported form Japan like Toyota and Nissan,&quot; 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