to import promotion
of left-hand drive!
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The future policy of the Myanmar government on imports of motor vehicles has been presented at the newspaper of Myanmar. To summarize the contents, accidents are occurring frequently by left-hand drive since the right hand drive are mixed on the road at present, it completely eliminates the right-hand drive car by around 20 years after taking into account the safety of traffic.
The government planned for a change in June 2014 of its import regulations that Import of old model year of right-hand drive car is prohibited and all types of new cars with right hand drive, including the passenger cars will be prohibited. Only import of left-hand drive new cars will be permitted.
It doesn't necessarily mean that import of right-hand drive cars would be forbidden by law to enter the Myanmar right now. However, Myanmar government would prefer to encourage the importation of the left-hand drive cars in a near future. It could be expected that since the right-hand drive is still in need for Myanmar used car market, Myanmar's market situation would likely and gradually shift from right-hand drive to left-hand drive.
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