After the “blow of pressure” given a few weeks ago by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune; the issue of importing new vehicles has made significant progress in Algeria.
After the long wait for the resumption of the import of cars in Algeria; Algerian citizens are now wondering regarding the prices of vehicles imported by dealers.
With the record surge having marked The automotive market for the past 3 years, Algerians are now very perplexed regarding the new car prices. A question to which the president of the Consumer Protection and Orientation Organization, Mustapha Zebdi answers.
Importing new cars 2023, what will be the prices?
Speaker on the set of the television channel Al Iktisadia; the first official of APOCE delivers his analysis on the subject, but he also made some revelations on the prices of imported cars.
According to Doctor Mustapha Zebdi, the entry price of cars imported by dealers in 2023 will be from 1,400,000 Algerian dinars; or 140 million cents (6800 euros on the black market).
In recent weeks, we have contacted several dealers and future importers of new vehicles to find out regarding car prices, specifies the president of APOCE.
We discussed several topics with them, including car prices. The surprise: one of them told us that he was going to sell cars at an entry price of 140 million centimes. He even offered to sign a pledge for it, he adds.
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The President of APOCE made a point of stressing, in the same vein, that cars imported by dealers are purchased with the currency of the Bank of Algeria, ie at the official rate.
It should be noted that new cars, unlike less than three years old, are purchased with the official bank currency rate. Therefore, it is quite normal that the price is affordable, he says.
What regarding importing cars less than 5 years old?
Used cars in Algeria – 2022
No later than last week, Mustapha Zebdi, pointed out that his organization had sent a letter to deputies in which it proposes to raise the maximum age of second-hand vehicles to 5 years.
Apoce took this initiative as soon as the presentation of the 2023 Finance Law (recently adopted by the APN). We have submitted to the Finance Commission the proposal to increase the age of imported used vehicles to 5 years, with several supporting arguments, he announced.
According to him, members of the Finance Committee have made changes to the text of the law and presented a proposal in which the age of imported used cars is increased to 5 years.
On the other hand, the president of APOCE made a point of stressing that the request or the amendment for the passage to the vehicles of occasions of less than 5 years might be rejected by the parliament.
