According to the Voice of the Economy, "World Finance" reported that the concept of "parallel import cars" was once again raised when the imported luxury cars encountered anti-monopoly investigations. The “parallel import pilot program†drafted by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Auto Trading Market has been reported to the Ministry of Commerce for review. Once it has landed, domestic importers can bypass the general agent to import cars directly from abroad. Automatic Medical Airtight Doors medical airtight door,radiation protection,fire protection,thermal insulation SHENZHEN HONGFA AUTOMATIC DOOR CO., LTD , http://www.hongfahsrs.com
The “parallel import†pilot program has been submitted for trial. The so-called “parallel import†refers to other importers who cross the general distributor and import cars directly from the origin of the product. However, from the domestic situation, imported car manufacturers have been "self-produced and sold", they firmly control the import channels of cars. Chen Dongsheng, dean of the China Automotive Shenghua (Beijing) Automotive Technology Research Institute, has a lot of drawbacks.
Chen Dongsheng: If a multinational company and a domestic company are a company, one is very easy to monopolize. The second is to make it difficult for the state to monitor it in terms of taxation and so on. In addition, when importing, it can work on a series of issues such as entering the customs through one of its own lines.
Breaking the monopoly of 6 million luxury cars and buying 4 million For the "parallel import" efforts, Liao Hongbin, general manager of Aiwei International RV, believes that this is of great significance for anti-monopoly.
Liao Hongbin: Large manufacturers control the following dealers and market prices through their own methods as general distributors and general agents. If you have a lot of powerful dealers, you can also import directly from abroad, then it will undoubtedly reduce the profit of the intermediate links, so the price will have certain advantages.
At present, some foreign cars have been imported in small quantities in Dalian Port and Tianjin Port. A sports car dealer said that the price is indeed a lot lower.
Sports car dealer: For example, I sell Aston Martin, I am not a dealership authorized by the manufacturer, but I can buy it if I buy it myself. Why are our cars selling so well, because I am one-third cheaper than 4S stores. The 6 million car was bought at 4 million here, and the difference was 2 million, not 200,000.
Difficulties in advancing the pilot However, the number of these “parallel imported cars†is small, and the importers have not obtained the same status as ordinary dealers abroad, so they lack bargaining power in purchasing and transportation. Moreover, Chen Dongsheng said that although parallel imports are already an international practice, China's advancement has certain difficulties.
Chen Dongsheng: Our country is also promoting this thing a few years ago. However, according to the brand management method, the after-sales service is the responsibility of the manufacturer. Parallel imports of this piece, the manufacturer feels that the car is not the main channel. It believes that the origin of these cars is not guaranteed, so after-sales service is a problem.
In this regard, an insider of the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Auto Trading Market revealed that the pilot program also involved after-sales service.
Insiders: We are indeed submitting the plan. The specific plan is especially concerned by everyone. If the parallel import is approved, the more important thing is the after-sales problem. Because after all, you broke the monopoly of the original 4S store. If you can do this work, in fact, after sales is a very important piece.
After "breaking the ice", the price of imported cars will drop. If the Shanghai Waigaoqiao auto trading market can not only solve the problem of after-sales service, but also solve the problem of after-sales service and break the monopoly of 4S stores, then there will be no doubt that this will be A true icebreaker trip. The industry generally believes that if the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone takes the lead in piloting the project, it is likely to be promoted nationwide in the future. By then, the entire imported car price system and interest chain will be affected, and the market price of imported cars will be 15% cheaper.
Edit Commentary Recently, various ministries and commissions in the country have made a heavy blow in the anti-monopoly of automobiles. Various imported car companies have lowered the price of parts and components, and Japanese parts and components companies have also received a "high price ticket" of 1.2 billion yuan. If this "parallel import pilot program" is approved by the Ministry of Commerce, it will be of further importance to break the monopoly of imported cars. Chinese consumers have spent so many years of "saving money" on imported cars, and now it is time to change.