Yesterday, the Ministry of Economy stated that it had withdrawn and recovered 258 thousand and 141 defective goods and products during the year 2019 from the state’s markets, through 107 calls for service, maintenance and safety. Cars accounted for 47.5% of the total withdrawn goods, while other goods accounted for 52.5%.

Check out and retrieve

In detail, the Ministry of Economy said that it had withdrawn and recovered 258 thousand and 141 defective goods and products during the year 2019 from the state’s markets, through 107 cases of service, maintenance and safety summons. She explained that the withdrawn goods were distributed by 122 thousand and 84 cars withdrawn by 47.5%, and the rest (135.3 thousand commodities) that include other commodities with a rate of 52.5%.

The recovery report issued by the ministry yesterday showed that the fourth quarter of 2019 recorded the withdrawal and recovery of one commodity, cars, with a total of 41,273 defective cars from the local market, all of which are imported and all of which were called for safety purposes.

Auto recall

The report showed that during the fourth quarter of 2019, the cars were recalled through 31 recall cases, and that the recalled cars are all imported and produced in eight countries: the United States of America, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico, India, Korea and Brazil.

He pointed out that the number of car agencies that were included in the summonses during the fourth quarter, are 10 main agencies that include: Al-Futtaim Motors, General Motors, Commercial Projects, Gargash Enterprises, Arab Motor Company, Al-Majid Motors Company, Al Tayer Motors Company, Premier Motors, and Al Naboodah Motors , Galadari Automobile Company.

According to the report, during the fourth quarter of 2019, the largest withdrawals were withdrawals that included 20,747 “Cadillac”, “Chevrolet” and “GMC” manufactured in the United States from an agency, followed by the withdrawal of 5315 “Nissan” cars. Teda manufactured in Mexico, followed by the recall of 2383 Toyota Coaster cars manufactured in Japan.

Cars and bikes

The data of the report showed that 7347 cars and bicycles were recalled for safety and maintenance purposes. The second quarter of the year, recalled and recalled 42 thousand and five commodities.

The total number of cars towed during the second quarter of the year was distributed between 37 thousand and 668 cars, distributed between recalling 34 thousand and 860 cars for safety purpose, and 2808 cars for maintenance purposes, while other goods recovered for safety included 489 electrical socket testing devices and 3380 children's changing tables , And 468 milk bottle for maintenance.

The recovery report recorded, during the third quarter, the withdrawal and recovery of 167 thousand and 516 defective goods and products from the local market, distributed between 35 thousand and 995 cars, including the withdrawal of 19 thousand and 318 cars for safety purposes, 14 thousand and 402 cars, through service campaigns, and 2275 cars for purposes of Maintenance.

The Director of the Competition and Consumer Protection Department in the Ministry of Economy, Dr. Hashem Al-Nuaimi, said during a press statement yesterday, that “the Ministry attaches great importance to recall operations, within the framework of protecting the health and safety of consumers in the state, reducing fraud and misleading operations, and ensuring consumer rights to protection Of the products that you could potentially expose to any potential danger. ”

Al-Naimi stressed that the Ministry is following up on the recovery operations of food and consumer goods on a daily basis, notifying centers and agents, sellers and importers of these commodities, to withdraw them from the market immediately, in case of any defect in them, while requiring those entities to advertise in local newspapers in the Arabic and English languages ​​at least twice to withdraw The commodity and informing the consumer of those commodities by withdrawing them from the market.

The Ministry of Economy monitors the recovery of food and consumer goods on a daily basis.

Cars topped the goods, with a total of 122.8 thousand cars, or 47.5%.

Miscellaneous commodities accounted for 52.5%, with a total of 135.3 thousand drawn goods.