The government is assessing reducing from 8-7 the maximum number of years of age of vehicles which can be imported.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The aim of the Sanchez Ceren administration is to reduce the size of the vehicle fleet which is registered today in El Salvador.Figures from the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData com at the end of 2015 show that 936.700 vehicles were registered in circulation.
Elsalvador.com reports that "...According to what was said yesterday by Minister Gerson Martinez, it is expected that a bill will be signed to reduce the age of imported used cars.Circulating in the country are from cars with ages ranging from brand new to those manufactured many years ago, therefore, according to Gerson Martinez, these must stop circulating.'In my view, they should even examine the possibility that the law establish the obligatory withdrawal of these vehicles'."
"...Data from the Directorate General of Customs shows that in 2010 15.296 used vehicles came into the country which represented for the Treasury import tax payments of $15.9 million, without taking into account the payment made for first registration of importation."
In December 2016, 20% of the vehicles circulating in the countries of the region were between 1 and 5 years old, and 19% between 6 and 10 years old.
Data from the report"Vehicle Fleet in Central America 2016" compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaDatashows the different characteristics of the vehicles circulating in Central American countries.
1,018,000 vehicles are circulating in the country, of which 216,000 are motorcycles and the rest are cars, trucks and other vehicles.
Figures from the Transportation Ministry of El Salvador (VMT) point out that to date the fleet amounts to 1,018,584 units, most of them concentrated in the department of San Salvador, where official figures show 416,255 vehicles are circulating, 72,495 of which are motorcycles.
They are 1.2 million vehicles in circulation in the country, of which 75% were registered in the provinces of Panama and Panama West.
From a report by the Traffic and Transportation Authority of Panama:
The auto fleet in Panama stands at 1,221,999 registered vehicles, according to the National Single Registry of Motor Vehicles (RUVM) at the Land Transport and Transit Authority (ATTT).
The vehicle fleet grew from 713,000 vehicles in 2010 to 925,000 in 2015, of which 70% were used vehicles.
In the Salvadoran vehicle fleet used vehicles predominate.Of every ten vehicles that came into the country in 2015, seven were used, the vast majority coming from the United States.
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