Nine foreign used car dealers deregistered

Questioned on the outcome of the audit, Trade and Industry Minister Paua Gopee- Scoon on Wednesday told the House of Representatives that the exercise revealed that of a total of 385 dealers surveyed, 335 or 87 percent were in full compliance with the foreign used car dealership system.

The audit also found that 16 dealers had outstanding documents to be submitted and 25 were not in compliance due to various pending matters.

Nine were removed from the list of registered dealers, she said.

In January the ministry undertook to review and audit the industry.

The overall objective, Gopee-Scoon said, was to determine if registered foreign used car dealers met all the conditions of the dealership and whether they were operating legitimately.