The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association (JUCDA) has been granted additional time by the Ministry of Commerce to submit concerns and recommendations regarding aspects of the government's revised Motor Vehicle Import Policy.
The revised policy was implemented more than a year ago, however used car dealers continue to highlight issues that have surfaced since the implementation of the new policy. President of JUCDA Lynvalle Hamilton told RJR News that, due to time constraints, the Associaiton was not able to meet the deadline. He said, while his Association is pushing to submit the concerns within this week, car dealers are fighting to keep their businesses open.
He said the big issues confronting dealers are warranty, the dealer disclosure that the Government is seeking to implement, as well as the way the model year for imported used cars are determined. The Association's objection involves the year of manufacture discrepancy being placed in the policy.
Mr. Hamilton is recommending what he described as the 'best practice' in determining the model year of the car. This, he said, is done through the decoding of the chassis number which manufacturers retain in their database. In the meantime, Mr Hamilton is urging the Government to rethink its planned changes to the motor vehicle import policy.