Dumping Chinese motorbikes<\/p>\n
An outcry from Indonesian producers\/assemblers over dumping
\nefforts is now loud and clear. Actually, the firms here are
\nshameless. They grow fat and lazy. That is the story if the
\nindustry is protected too long and too much.<\/p>\n
They shamelessly rip off the consumer by charging them from
\nUS$200 to $300 per bike, which the Chinese can claim, being their
\nadvantage.<\/p>\n
The bikes in China leave the manufacturing plants at a cost of
\nabout $550 per piece, and if other costs and a small margin is
\nadded, they can be sold here 20 percent to 30 percent cheaper
\nthan local ones.<\/p>\n
If these cheap prices are initiated for preoperational
\nmarketing until they are produced here in volume, it is a sound
\nand healthy practice. And we should know if the locals cannot
\nbeat the ex-factory Chinese cost price, so be it. The local
\nproducers\/assemblers should shape up and close down if they only
\ncan live from protection, not from brainpower to be equal with
\nthe Chinese and being able 15 years ago to reach volumes of
\nmillions and to flood the Chinese market with cheap bikes.<\/p>\n
This was the chance to prove their manhood and battle
\nreadiness, instead of now crying in the lap of the fatherland
\nhere and asking for further \"help\" against the hitting stick of
\ncompetitiveness, letting the Chinese come and hit them.<\/p>\n
What a shame, and I hope the government abstains from any
\nhelp. Let them suffer and shape up, and stop making the
\nIndonesian consumer pay for their laziness.<\/p>\n
Y. SANTO<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dumping-chinese-motorbikes-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }