The economic crisis in Pakistan has severely affected all industries, including the local auto sector, which is barely surviving. Sazgar Engineering Works Limited (SEWL) has suspended vehicle production for six days, illustrating the industry’s difficult situation.
The company will observe non-production days (NPDs) from February 27, 2023, to March 4, 2023. It has cited limited stock availability, due to completely knocked-down (CKD) kit import restrictions, as the cause for the NPDs.
The official notification is as follows:
SEWL has clarified that the three-wheeler production facility will remain operational. This implies that only the production of Haval and BAIC vehicles will be affected.
In January 2023, Haval witnessed a sizeable increase in car sales. The company sold 416 units in a month, recording the highest sales in a single month since its launch in Pakistan.
Currently, Haval only has one SUV in its lineup — H6. The SUV is available in three variants including a Hybrid variant, which is also Pakistan’s first and only locally assembled hybrid SUV.
Although, the recent price and tax rate hikes have pushed the SUV deep into the Rs. 1 crore club. Therefore, while it is the only locally assembled hybrid SUV in Pakistan, it’s a pity that not many people can afford to buy it.
sad to hear these such updates.
i wish its all about temporary shutdown not forever.
Haval has a delivery time of more than 6 months. So they are already booked. The point is that these companies are simply importing almost everything. So import restriction is obviously causing them to wait.
But the reality is that so called CKD (Completely Knock Down) units is the biggest scam in the history of Auto car Industry. The whole car is just imported in parts and then assembled in Pakistan to save taxes. It is basically a new way to import foreign cars. These companies are not interested for any localization of any parts.
This CKD scam is not beneficial for Pakistan as car companies are just increasing the import bill and fooling the tax system. Learn from India where car companies like Tata, Mahindra has achieved the 90% localization in India.
So Pakistani stupid law.makers should stop this Import scam of CKD now.
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The photo showing otherwise…z
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I mean these companies don’t do any research. Best selling car in pakistan is alto . instead of bringing alto or corolla size cars they bring in expensive suv which only a few can afford