The auto industry in the country posted dismal sales for November 2019 as compared to the same period last year confirmed the data published by Pakistan Automobile Manufacturers Association (PAMA). The data indicated that car sales for locally made cars fell by 44% in the first 5 months of the current fiscal year as compared to the first five months of the previous fiscal year.
These numbers have forced multiple companies to observe Non-Production Days (NPDs) as the stock keeps piling up with sales in decline. Recently, Millat Tractors announced that they would cease production for the rest of December and would restart in January 2020.
Honda Atlas has seen the biggest decline with a jaw-dropping 86% fall in sales for November 2019 as compared to November 2018. This has forced the company to observe NDPs for the rest of December with only 8 days worked so far.
The company had observed 16-18 NPDs in October, only 11 working days in September, 13 in August and 20 in July. This will bring the total NPDs to 108 (out of 184 days) between July and December 2019.
| Month | Number of Non-Production Days |
| July | 20 |
| August | 13 |
| September | 11 |
| October | 18 |
| November | 23 |
| December | 23 |
The company has been forced to observe NPDs because inventory has started piling up with the company selling only 477 units of both City and Civic during the whole month of November. December is also shaping up to be a bleak month especially with Honda unwilling to reduce prices or offer any incentives to boost the declining sales.
This means that the whole Large scale manufacturing is slowing down. Slowdown of “Large Scale Manufacturing” is always dangerous for the economy as people lose hundreds of thousands of jobs.
But let us see how the Biased Brigade of PTI will defend it and even tell us that how it is beneficial for the economy. It is true that “Personality Worship” make cults and every cult defend themselves without logic weather it is PMLN or PTI or any other party.
YAAD E MAZI AAZAAB HAI YA RAB..
Those were the days when Noonees & Peoplees were buying these cars for political bribery..