TO: [International Trade Administration Commission of SA] mcollins@itac.org.za, rvanvuuren@itac.org.zaHi
I am a average struggling African and I cry every time I see the prices of South African manufactured motor vehicles in other countries like the UK and Japan that are much cheaper and better quality than vehicles of the same value in South Africa.
It’s sad that you cannot compare the quality of the second hand cars available in the UK and Japan with the South African 2nd hand market.
Questions
1. What right does any person, group or entity have to deny me the right to import a high quality second hand RHD vehicle from the UK or Japan?
2. Why are only the rich who are able to afford to live abroad, the medically disabled and motorsport drivers allowed to these bargains?
2.1. You say the reasons for the restrictions are to protect the local manufacturing industry but it’s ok as long as you meet the above mentioned criteria?
3 ALL right hand drive Volkswagen and BMW vehicles in the UK are manufactured in South Africa, how does re-importing a vehicle manufactured in SA harm the manufacturing industry?
RegardsMichael Hawthorne