Bangladesh set to outpace Pakistan’s auto sector

[Shimz]

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Let me make ur celebration lil more vibrant with a mere correction.

The car tax is 850% for cars exceeding 4000cc.

 

[Shimz]

Just an insight into the mammoth car taxation in Bangladesh.

Rolls Royce Phantom 8
This car‘s worth is about 9.5 Cr INR (India)
Which cost about 40 Cr PKR (Pakistan)

The same car cost about 45Cr BDT in Bangladesh which is equivalent to 40Cr INR / 81 Cr PKR
So overall this car costs almost 4x times more then India and 2x times more then Pakistan
(Note - this is the most expensive car in Pakistan Right now)


Bangladesh govt may end up doing things for the low displacement vehicals but they are a big bluff to performance and luxurious cars for their illogical taxation.

Bangladesh do have the work force and public interest and moderate mechanical knowledge to start somehwere but govt needs to implement major policy changes.

 

[Destranator]

Just an insight into the mammoth car taxation in Bangladesh.

Rolls Royce Phantom 8
This car‘s worth is about 9.5 Cr INR (India)
Which cost about 40 Cr PKR (Pakistan)

The same car cost about 45Cr BDT in Bangladesh which is equivalent to 40Cr INR / 81 Cr PKR
So overall this car costs almost 4x times more then India and 2x times more then Pakistan
(Note - this is the most expensive car in Pakistan Right now)


Bangladesh govt may end up doing things for the low displacement vehicals but they are a big bluff to performance and luxurious cars for their illogical taxation.

Bangladesh do have the work force and public interest and moderate mechanical knowledge to start somehwere but govt needs to implement major policy changes. View attachment 737408

High import duties on cars is the government's lazy way out of creating more congestions in major cities.

The crazy duties are not going away until the country gets decentralised.

 

[bluesky]

“It is also adopting vehicle scrapping policy under WP29 UNECE regulations,” they said, adding that 20% local contribution in eight years was the requirement for passenger cars.

This 20% value addition in the next eight years after a vehicle hits the road is very practical. It will cause industrialization in the country. I hope the govt implements the policy strictly but does not assemble cars itself in any of the assembling plants that it may build.

Everything must be done by the private sector and govt authorities should be there to keep on watching over the implementation of govt policies.

The crazy duties are not going away until the country gets decentralised.

I have read many times you proposing decentralization. Could you please explain how do you propose the decentralization of the govt or why it is necessary?

Please cite a few examples of other countries for low IQ people like me to understand your theme.

 

[Shimz]

High import duties on cars is the government's lazy way out of creating more congestions in major cities.

The crazy duties are not going away until the country gets decentralised.

High Import duties were implemented about a decade ago. If I am not wrong. Thats stretching from 120% to 850 % . Most of the road congestion are caused by normal sedans and vans. But do you think luxurious vehicals even make 10% of the overall congestion ? In that context, its is very illogical to put 600-850% tax on higher cc tiers.

The current government isn’t serious about the automotive at all. Neither they made enough roads to justify their decade old claims of “high tax will reduce congestion”. And I would have been shut if they were having the same crisis after building plenty of link and diversion roads Which the city is dying for right now.

The motorbike CC is like another monopoly. Recently, Kawasaki & Royal enfield had requested to withdraw the 165CC limitation of the production bikes in Bangladesh. They wanted to come and open their assembly plants for a starter. But we all know what happened.

Pervious govts had kept the automotive industry breathing without major restrictions. I still remember those exclusive auto shows at BICC where brands like like Alfa Romeo, BMW, Mercedes, Infinity come up with their latest release for public exposure. That too back in 2005’s, 2007’s etc. Compare that time to recent auto shows. Brands like Tata,Toyota,Isuzu,Nissan are treated as the major elements of the show . What a shame ! The quality has depreciated a lot .

Nothing is ruined, if the governments wishes they can retain the flow. They have to seriously reconsider their policies and set them free for a mature growth.

 

[airmarshal]

In Pakistan every industry acts like a mafia and auto industry is a big and powerful mafia. We started assembling in early 80s. Four decades were enough to fully develop export oriented auto industry but look at where we are.

 

[Destranator]

I have read many times you proposing decentralization. Could you please explain how do you propose the decentralization of the govt or why it is necessary?

Please cite a few examples of other countries for low IQ people like us to understand your theme.

Already explained it in a number of previous posts in other threads. Please feel free to use the search function above to pull them up.

I also see that you are already writing in a passive aggressive tone so no point in arguing with you.

 

[bluesky]

Already explained it in a number of previous posts in other threads. Please feel free to use the search function above to pull them up.

I also see that you are already writing in a passive aggressive tone so no point in arguing with you.

No, no. Do not say such things. Please tell people the good points of decentralization of the govt. Do not please fail us.

 

[RoadRunner401]

What happened to Pakistan's famous Water Car?

I usually stay out of the d--k measuring contest usually started by @Black_cats, who obviously suffers from small measures often requiring a magnifying glass to locate.

Government Of Bangladesh owned Auto Assembling plant producing Mitsubishi vehicle Is going to be a Game-changer? Yeah, OK!!! But when a senior respected member like you jumps in I have to respond.

We never announced mass production of "water car kit", BUt I do remember this, BUt India did claim something on a mass scale.

The Aakash Tablet

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, which had taken upon itself the onus to decide what specifications this animal would run on, put out a global tender to build the first 10,000 units. In return for these services, the institution received Rs 47 crore from the government. DataWind, a 12-year-old Canadian company with subsidiaries in the UK and India won the contract, produced a prototype built to spec, and Kapil Sibal, the minister in charge of MHRD, unveiled Aakash, the world’s cheapest computing device.

To put it mildly, the prototype was a disaster. Some phones in the market worked faster than this contraption. The battery couldn’t last two hours if a user tried to play video files on it. The touch screen, well, wasn’t “touchy” enough. And things got ugly between IIT Jodhpur and DataWind. Sibal finally stepped in and in early April this year announced that an upgraded version of the device will be made available by May.

As this story goes to press, we’re in the middle of June. Aakash-2 is still being tested by C-DAC in Thiruvananthapuram; IIT Bombay has been appointed the new nodal institution to drive the project and officials there claim 100,000 units will be supplied for pilot tests by October this year.
On its part, DataWind claims the 100,000 units have already been supplied to the institute. Nobody seems to have a clue what the truth is. What we know is this: Similar computing devices with superior capabilities are being brought out of Chinese factories by the thousands.

Whatever Happened to Indian Akash Tablet?

 

[Shimz]

No, no. Do not say such things. Please tell people the good points of decentralization of the govt. Do not please fail us.

I don’t know if you guys have some feud between each other. But there are plenty of examples of why decentralization was a spontaneous solution in the past.

Most of the VIP 8-10 lane roads were built in the late 1990’s era. In that contrary not many were built in the last 15 years. Which has later turned to one major element of congestion. Houses and Projects were constructed before allocating lands for capable roads and highways. Therefore most of the new roads are barely 4 lanes and not parallel to older routes. I bet Bangladesh was a densely populated country in that period as well. Which means, we have narrower roads when the population Is at its peak in the history.

There are plenty of spaces around Dhaka. They were left unused when Dhaka was more maneuverable . Current constructions within the outskirt can be an intermediate solution. Breather Crisis is bound to fall back later sometimes.

There are many forms of decentralization. It depends on what ways you are seeking a reply.

Everyone makes Dhaka their home now. Those people coming out from their native area will leave their own place dry out. We always send our money on where we build our future.

In Europe, people living in the remote villages and get adequate food supply, water, electricity, emergency govt assistance when needed.
They keep the prices of goods in reach so they can afford a car for their transportation, they can pay for fuel and also get a good living out of that country lifestyle. Native people adds the chlorophyll to the green pasture if we agree or not.

If people would have stayed at their native places, major cities wouldn’t have been this much populated. Plenty of people were forced to migrated to Dhaka for resources . If u still ask them, they will choose their country lifestyle.

In the future, the more we will bring attractions to big cities like DHAKA & CHITTAGONG, it will be more hazardous for the future.

And Purbachal is also a part of Dhaka. By the time, the project gives us the fruit, the population will jump up to another level.

We need pure, long sustainable plans for half of the people if not all.

 

[Bilal9]

Pointless article. How can one conclude Bangladesh is "set to outpace" Pakistan due to new policy when the policy is yet to kick in?
No new factory has gone to production yet as a result of the new policy.

Bangladesh should fully focus on breaking into EV manufacturing which is not yet saturated on the supply side. Provide subsidies if possible. West is set to go fully electric. The early entrants into EV manufacturing will get to dominate the global export market for decades.

There are assembly plants already assembling passenger cars (Proton via PHP, Hyundai),and commercial vehicles latter being Japanese and in some cases Indian CKD and SKD kits (Hino, Tata, AL, HYUNDAI). The assembly volume is rather small. Local demand is minuscule (due to size of the roadways/country) but growing rapidly. Focus should be on export, not local consumption.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1571179173025239

 

[Bilal9]

What about those maruti suzuki based cars? Not local production?

Pakistani Suzuki based cars aren't called Maruti. Maruti (name of the company) still makes India based 800cc Suzuki alto models (and variants). Newer alto models are much larger and often locally designed/produced which is natural for a larger market.

Here is latest Indian Alto variant - which is just a facelift from 6th/7th generation models from five or more years ago. This is to save on parts costs, as it is a bargain basement, price leader model. These still sell a lot, in spite of many competitor models from almost all locally assembled and manufactured car brand-names now established in India.

Aside from basic models which sell by the tens of millions, there are Suzuki Vitaras and special models made and sold in India too, thanks to a much larger market than neighbors.

Pakistani 800 cc Suzuki Altos (assembled with progressively higher local parts content) were called Suzuki Mehran I think (discontinued in 2019).

Pak Suzuki now switched to Japanese standard cars and assembles the same Alto model (8th generation) that is sold in Japan, and is unique in Asia to do so.

 

[Bilal9]

The infatuation continues.
If Bangladesh is so amazing why are bangalis leaving for greener pastures

Bangladesh is not that amazing.

Amazing only for folks who have connections and can currently turn a blind eye to the 3rd world squalor present in the subcontinent. That said - things are changing rapidly and will be unrecognizable ten years from now, going by the current pace of change Insha'Allah.

And who doesn't want to improve their own lives?

Look at our neighbor the superpower - they are the largest group of illegal immigrants globally.

 

[ZAMURD]

Bangladesh is not that amazing, and only for folks who have connections and can currently turn a blind eye to the 3rd world squalor present in the subcontinent. That said - things are changing rapidly and will be unrecognizable ten years from now, going by the current pace of change Insha'Allah.

And who doesn't want to improve their own lives?

Look at our neighbor the superpower - they are the largest group of illegal immigrants globally.

Work hard. Hard work always pays off.

 

[Trango Towers]

Bangladesh is not that amazing, and only for folks who have connections and can currently turn a blind eye to the 3rd world squalor present in the subcontinent. That said - things are changing rapidly and will be unrecognizable ten years from now, going by the current pace of change Insha'Allah.

And who doesn't want to improve their own lives?

Look at our neighbor the superpower - they are the largest group of illegal immigrants globally.

Bilal I agree and I read your posts. You are Muslim first and then bengali. That's how it's hold be. Some people only understand a particular language.
Sadly if our countries were great we wouldn't have to leave. The corruption is killing us but we are all guilty of assisting sadly.
Wishing you a good happy and safe Ramadan