Govt to re-look National Automotive Policy

genie2522

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will re-look the National Automotive Policy (NAP) in a bid to make it a progressive policy and not entirely protective in nature.

International Trade and Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said although much has been done to grow the local automotive industry with an emphasis on national cars, the desired results had not been achieved.

"The NAP is slanted towards protecting the local industry. This of course would not be good for the automotive industry as a whole."

Muhyiddin said the restrictive policy had also caused some missed opportunities for Malaysia.

"The possible investment that should have come into Malaysia had been diverted, for example, to Thailand.

"Thailand had not been a leader and had been behind us for a long while. But now, they have established themselves as a hub for international car brands," he said Tuesday after launching the CarTrade-ABT showroom in Bangsar here.

Muhyiddin said while it was necessary to give some recognition to develop national cars, it should not be at the expense of the whole industry.

He also commented on Proton's vendor system that he said was something that needed to be discussed as there was a study done that showed that the component costs was 50% higher than in Japan.

"That sounds a bit odd to me as we know Japan is an expensive cost centre. We must know why this is so."

Muhyiddin said if this was the reason why protection was given to Proton because they could not compete with cars of similar engine capacities, then it was definitely not equitable.

He said he hoped for a retabling of the NAP to Cabinet by the end of the year after getting feedback from all stakeholders in the automotive industry.

On another related matter, Muhyiddin said he was in favour of consumers using hybrid cars and would look into whether the duty structure for such cars could be reviewed so that it would be cheaper to buy.

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adakah harga kereta akan turun...????

sixfullbar

adakah harga kereta akan turun..??

highly unlikely

kalau depa kaat nak mansuhkan eksais duty tu baru aku percaya harga tereta import akan turun

genie2522

tapi ada la tax lain kan....
ownership tax ke....
banyak taktik depa nie...

d34n

so kesimpulannya....
jgn menaruh harapan terlalu tggi yg harga keta akan menjunam turunnnnn...

sixfullbar

kalau eksais duty mansuh, dan tax lain kekal tanpa sebarang kenaikkan, harga kereta import pasti ada penurunan..kalau nak naikkan tax lain baik takya announce bagai

genie2522

hmm....
kenala tunggu dan lihat sekali lagi.....
tapi lama tue nak tunggu diaorang announce apa2 pon....
nak amik kira kroni nye kepentingan lagi... :@ :@ :@

shianghorng

Tax reduction for Hybrid cars only?!!

Agul

Zahrin got the right, rights?

genie2522

Originally posted by Agul at 16-7-2008 19:41
Zahrin got the right, rights?

zahrin...???

sixfullbar

new ap king tak silap aku tu

Squall-Leonhart

Originally posted by sixfullbar at 15-7-2008 11:35 PM
adakah harga kereta akan turun..??

highly unlikely

kalau depa kaat nak mansuhkan eksais duty tu baru aku percaya harga tereta import akan turun

Harapnya gitu laa, tapi, mustahil la kera-jaan Pak Bodo-lah nak turunkan harga keter ni...

genie2522

hmm.... pasal NAP nie diaorang nak revise hybrid punya structure je ke...?