Traders demanding solutions to their complaints and stopping licenses to sell outside the "market"

The random trade and the "online" sale of used cars cost the dealers of "Al Aweer Market" great losses

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Used car dealers in the “Al Aweer Market” in Dubai reported that they suffered great losses due to what they described as randomness in the used car trade, the entry of electronic sales platforms, and the spread of individual sales that threaten the survival and continuation of the market, calling for the need to face the challenges that impede the market, which It is the largest market for used cars in the country and the Middle East region.

Dealers and owners of used car showrooms told Emirates Today that the outbreak of the new Corona pandemic (Covid-19), which led to a decline in car sales in the local market and in the Gulf countries, especially the Saudi market, has doubled the losses they incurred. In light of the continued granting of commercial licenses to merchants outside the market, and the spread of individual selling through social media platforms.

Traders called on the Dubai economy to stop licensing the sale of used cars outside the market, and to meet with traders to find quick solutions to their complaints.

Lack of organization

In detail, the owner of the "Al-Mulkia Cars" exhibition in Al-Awir market, Aref Sorour Al-Suwaidi, said that "the used car trade in Al-Aweer market has been suffering since the period prior to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, due to the absence of regulation of the used car trade." It was built years ago to accommodate car dealers, and it has also been expanded, witnessing a remarkable recession, with the spread of individual sales, and the entry of some digital advertising companies on the line, in the business of selling used cars.

He added that companies that own advertising platforms that individuals use to sell their personal belongings, including cars, have switched to trading cars through the Internet, as the last period witnessed the establishment of companies to market used cars, but these companies did not follow any of the standards imposed on car dealers in Al-Aweer market, what made the market lose its competitiveness, and led to the absence of a balance between online selling and traditional selling, which strengthened the losses of traders and reduced the market value of exhibitions that operate in the Al-Awir market.

Al-Suwaidi pointed out that there are practices that need to be reorganized in the auto trade sector, as some import cars to be used as spare parts in repair workshops, but what happens is that those cars are repaired and resold as imported used cars, indicating that he invested in his showroom more than six million Dirhams, but its market value now under current conditions reaches half that value.

He pointed out that the random sales operations negatively affect the dealers of Al Aweer market, which must be rectified and the framework regulating the used car market in the emirate should be reconsidered.

Central markets

For his part, the owner of the First Choice Auto Show, Ahmed Al Shamsi, said that in 2002 some activities were transferred to central markets, including the vegetable market, the fish market, the pet market, and other specialized markets, including the car market, which forced car dealers to move To him, and investing in exhibitions and commercial establishments that are qualified according to Dubai Municipality standards for used car trade, indicating that after several years merchants were surprised to allow some dealers to open used car showrooms outside the market, especially on Sheikh Zayed Road, explaining that car dealers in the Al Awir market did not object to That, as those exhibitions specialized in luxury cars.

Al Shamsi stated that the situation has changed years ago, as we were surprised by the granting of licenses and registration to companies working in the marketing of used cars, through social media platforms, or through the Internet, indicating that this matter was added to the unregistered car dealers, who are called "free lancers". Where they own cars, and they are traded individually and with their names, without witnessing a confrontation with this phenomenon, which also extended to some repair shop owners entering the field of trade.

He said, "Al-Awir market merchants invested millions in their exhibitions in order to organize the market, but we were surprised that the market was no longer organized, and it needed a clear plan to eliminate the random entry of individuals into this market," adding that spaces are available, and space can be obtained to establish other exhibitions, It is also possible for the market to expand if needed, to accommodate more traders.

He added, "If someone wants to work in the used car business, let him come to the organized place, as we did."

Al-Shamsi indicated that the outbreak of the Corona pandemic led to a decline in sales at the local level, and at the level of the Gulf countries as well, especially re-exports to the Saudi market, calling for the exhibitions in the “Awir Market” to be granted rental facilities to help them overcome the current stage.

In turn, Adel Hayek, partner manager at Car Bonn, said, “The used car trade sector needs to reconsider its regulation standards, so that those who wish to enter and invest are allowed, as it is not the preserve of anyone, and dealers do not seek to monopolize it. That, it must be in accordance with standards and controls governing the work, so that the benefit of some does not turn into harm to other merchants.

Hayek pointed out that the market is witnessing strange practices, so searching for a car dealer on the Internet may lead you to an office to market used cars in one of the buildings, where he will park his cars in irregular parking spaces and promote them through social media and digital advertising sites, indicating that this market he described The gray can not be counted, and is strikingly damaging to the traders of Al Awir market.

In a related context, the owner of the Al-Muwaffaq Cars showroom, Karam Rabee ', said that there is no way to equate the merchants who work in Al-Awir Market and those who work individually, pointing out that the merchant in Al-Awir Market bears all government fees, in addition to the cost of rent and renewal of the license Commercial, and other fees, while the individual merchant does not bear all of that, so that the account of these individual merchants on social media sites is free of charge, and does not cost them anything, and therefore there is no way to equate them.

Rabei pointed out that there are several means of circumvention, with some being able to obtain commercial licenses without reviewing all the authorities responsible for the car trade in the emirate, and thus negatively impacting the Aweer market.

The doors are open to all

The Executive Director of the Licensing and Commercial Registration Sector at Dubai Economy, Omar Bushehab, said, "The doors of Dubai's economy are open to everyone, and it always seeks cooperation and coordination with the business sector in the emirate, with the aim of strengthening Dubai's economy." Trade used cars to meet with them.

He stressed that standing by and assisting merchants is the task of Dubai's economy, and its duty towards the markets and the actors in them, calling on the group to meet and discuss all the challenges they face, and to find solutions that fit the market, especially in light of the Corona pandemic that affected several commercial sectors, including one Used car trade.

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