In order to reduce environmental pollution and traffic accidents caused by old second-hand cars, Cambodia will strengthen the supervision of second-hand cars, and plans to issue a decree on the age limit of imported used cars.
Recently, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the National Road Safety Committee Sar Kheng (Sar Kheng) agreed with the proposals put forward by the Cambodian National Road Safety Committee when he attended and presided over the formulation meeting of the "2021-2030 Land Traffic Safety Action Plan for Ten Years". Said that it would consider limiting the production year of imported cars.
It is reported that according to the proposal of Cambodian Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Zhantuo to Shao Ken, it is hoped that the Cambodian government will consider limiting the production year of imported cars in order to reduce the import of used cars that pose risks to consumers and prevent Cambodia from becoming a used car concentration camp.
Shaoken was satisfied with the proposal of the National Road Safety Committee, because the plan has long-term and practical significance in solving Cambodia's traffic problems. In addition, he urged relevant departments to install surveillance cameras on roads.
It is reported that Cambodia currently has a large market share of second-hand cars, and a large part of the imported second-hand cars are old and in poor condition, do not meet environmental protection standards, and are prone to cause traffic accidents.
According to the United Nations Environment Program report, the number of used cars imported by Cambodia ranks third in the Asia-Pacific region, second only to New Zealand and Mongolia. In 2019, Cambodia imported a total of 57,000 used cars, which will drop to 31,000 in 2020 due to the outbreak.
The Cambodian government has adopted a policy of only allowing the import of Euro-4 (Euro-4) standard vehicles at the end of 2021. The policy came into effect on January 1 this year.
