In latest weeks, the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) has managed a young in Guatecompras and 6 quotes made by regional administration of that entity for the acquisition of steel plates, each for four-wheeled autos and for bikes.
On June 5, the score board awarded the corporate GSI Guatemala, SA, the manufacturing of 1 million 55 thousand 126 steel plates for autos that use one badge and 496 thousand 823 pairs of steel plates for those who use two. The quantity to be paid is Q64.2 million.
Of this determine, Q26.8 million is the quantity of the award to supply 1 million 55 thousand 126 steel plates for autos that use a plate (bikes and others), and Q37.3 million for 496 thousand pairs of plates for autos that They use two of these badges.
The publication date for this bidding occasion was March 22, 2024.
For the license plates for the bikes, 6 deliveries had been scheduled, the primary for 158,269 badges ought to be inside 150 days most after the contractor has been notified of the approval of the scheduling, the ultimate design of the holograms and the art work for the license plates.
Within the case of autos with two plates, the badges shall be delivered in 5 batches beginning 180 days after notification. The choice of the Bidding Board have to be analyzed by the SAT board of administrators.
The opposite bidder within the tender was the corporate Tönnjes CARD Worldwide, SA, for Q85.4 million. This agency is a subsidiary of the mum or dad firm Tönnjes CARD Worldwide, GmbH and refers within the occasion paperwork that it owns 80% of the shareholding of the industrial firm that operates in Guatemala. The corporate supplied license plates to the SAT on a number of events, together with the newest administrative contract 23-2020 for Q75.7 million.
In the meantime, GSI Guatemala, based on the minutes in Guatecompras, is registered within the Industrial Registry because the unique distributor of the entity Talleres Unidos Mexicanos, Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable, based on a contract registered in 2019. It has participated in several plate occasions.
The quotes
Among the many six quotes talked about, they seem within the Guatecompras system, awarded by the score boards: one on June 6, the Northern Regional Administration accepted one for Q831,250 awarded to the identical firm, GSI Guatemala, SA, for 9,500 models double.
A day earlier than, that very same administration had awarded the quote for steel circulation plates for land autos that use a plate (bikes), for 25 thousand models to the identical firm for Q750 thousand.
Yet one more seems awarded on June 7, for one more 25 thousand distinctive plates for Q750 thousand. Two are underneath analysis and one seems as not awarded.
Exponential improve in bikes
At present, there’s a excessive demand for automobile license plates for bikes, and as much as 45 thousand of those badges have been issued monthly, when earlier than there have been 17 thousand, the Superintendent of Tax Administration (SAT) Marco Livio Díaz not too long ago reported.
In 2020, 17 thousand license plates had been issued for bikes, then with the pandemic and all of the transportation issues attributable to mobility restrictions at the moment, 30 thousand license plates had been issued month-to-month. It could be anticipated that the bike section would decline over time, “however now we have already been issuing 45,000 new bike license plates for 2 months,” in order that automobile fleet continues to rise, the official indicated.
In 2020, 1 million 729 thousand 356 models had been registered within the bike fleet, for a progress of 205 thousand bikes, that’s, 13.5%. In 2021 and 2022 there have been round 230 thousand models, which represented a rise of 13.4% and 11.7%, respectively.
In 2023, the variety of models shot up once more with 272,660 (12.4%) extra, to complete 2,463,000 automobile fleet models. And as of April of this yr, 2 million 599 thousand 846 models had been already reported, which represents 136 thousand 608 extra, with 5.5% progress in comparison with December of final yr.
What the sector says
César Amézquita, common supervisor of the Affiliation of Bike Importers (Asim), mentioned that the cumulative determine as of April 2024 registers a progress of 8% within the plates managed and if situations proceed like this, they estimate that the yr might shut with progress. of 10%, for a requirement for 350 thousand bike plates or 50 thousand greater than these registered in 2023.
Since 2022, about 25 thousand plates monthly had already begun to be ordered and in 2023 between 30 thousand and 35 thousand plates monthly started to be required to fulfill the demand of the month and preserve stock underneath the management of the SAT, he added.
That yr, some 313 thousand license plates had been registered within the yr, which represented a median of 26 thousand month-to-month recordsdata. At present, the pattern is round 33 thousand plates every month, the manager indicated, offering extra particulars.
From January to April 2024, the demand from ASIM members alone, that are 21 corporations, was 119,333 license plates issued, a median of just about 30,000 monthly, plus these requested for stock, the supervisor defined.
“Every month is variable and it isn’t identified the way it will behave since different components such because the climate, the worldwide worth of oil and gasoline and the difficulty of availability of ships and containers additionally affect. And the difficulty of retained containers and overseas commerce with China remains to be pending,” he defined.
Rising market
The Asim govt defined that the bike market has at all times been rising and it was believed that the increase occurred in 2020 as a result of pandemic, however it started in 2008 with the final international financial recession.
In 2020 the dynamic modified as a result of the bike was the one automobile that didn’t have restrictions and many individuals turned couriers or dwelling supply drivers, actions that haven’t decreased.
Subsequently, he expressed concern about the potential of a scarcity of plates, “however it’s one thing that the general public sector has to anticipate and supply the perfect answer in order that the consumer shouldn’t be affected.”
Amézquita defined that when there’s a change of presidency there’s concern and bike purchases cease a bit as a result of uncertainty, however in 2024 this didn’t occur and it might be that this has affected the SAT forecast.
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