Why Japanese carmakers are threatening to leave Philippines

[_Qwerty_]

maganda pa nga mag import na lang.. mas mura pa...

look at Australia.. nag import na lang sila ngayon.. mas mura pa sasakyan don.. and you can buy a car without downpayment.. may discount pa.. at yung iba zero interest for 5 years pa.. sana ganyan din dito!!

[macsd]

Add the on going port fiasco/truck ban = not only the car manufacturing but almost entire jap manufacturing are crying out loud. And those in goverment just keep on talking about 2016 election in their agenda instead of addressing the pressing crisis.

Hail Tuwid na Daan shet and Abnoy governance

[niky]

Ang lakas kasi ng left-leaning forces. Ito naman mga sulsul na kelangan may union, kelangan welga sa konting suliranin lamang. Lugi negosyo sa dami ng welgista. Unions here are tributaries of the left.

So many workers with comprehensive health care, educational benefits, free groceries and even housing benefits... for blue collar jobs... left jobless after the KMU had their way down south.

The goal, really, was not workers' rights per se. It was to make sure the "foreigners" didn't have their way in the Philippines.

[TopEngine]

Kung wala pang roadmap ibig lang sabihin na "we're cross the bridge when we get there" style of governance, or "bahala na si Batman".

Mahal man ang kotse o hindi kapag sa Pinas ginawa, mas malaki pa rin ang pros kung mamalagi ang kompanyang mga ito dahil nagbibigay sila ng trabaho sa mamamayan.

Haay... mga namumuno kasi sa Pinas sariling benepisyo na lang tinitignan at hindi na para sa Pilipino.

[macsd]

And yet they have the guts of saying their bring in more investors when the reality is their threatening to get out. :hysterical:

[falken]

So many workers with comprehensive health care, educational benefits, free groceries and even housing benefits... for blue collar jobs... left jobless after the KMU had their way down south.

The goal, really, was not workers' rights per se. It was to make sure the "foreigners" didn't have their way in the Philippines.

In the early 90's, I worked for a company which had almost the same benefits that you mentioned. We even had 14th month pay and gas allowance. Some workers in production had salaries that were very close to 2x the minimum wage. KMU was their union and they would go on strike almost every year. Owners finally had enough and moved their business to another country.

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[TopEngine]

Nung malapit nang magsara ang Intel at sinasabing napasukan na raw ng Unyon, buti natunugan ng top management ng kompanya sa amin na meron nang gustong pasukin sa amin ang Unyon. Ginawa ng HR, pina open-forum kami at ang guest speaker namin si "Ka Matet" (dati daw siyang aktibista na nakapatay ng Pulis sa Quiapo at naging NPA, nagbalik loob pero nagtatago baka itumba siya ng mga kabaro niya dati). She iterated isa-isa yang mga grupo na makakaliwa, meron mga dilawan at makapula... lahat yan naka-link daw sa CPP-NPA.

Ngayon yung mga nagrereklamo bakit daw mahirap buhay ngayon na sumama sa EDSA 1, ginawa pa ngang hero yung namatay sa petsa kahapon. Eh, supporter ng NPA yun dati, umanib, ginawa lahat kahit marahas para lang sa sariling political ambition.

[Syuryuken]

Nung malapit nang magsara ang Intel at sinasabing napasukan na raw ng Unyon, buti natunugan ng top management ng kompanya sa amin na meron nang gustong pasukin sa amin ang Unyon. Ginawa ng HR, pina open-forum kami at ang guest speaker namin si "Ka Matet" (dati daw siyang aktibista na nakapatay ng Pulis sa Quiapo at naging NPA, nagbalik loob pero nagtatago baka itumba siya ng mga kabaro niya dati). She iterated isa-isa yang mga grupo na makakaliwa, meron mga dilawan at makapula... lahat yan naka-link daw sa CPP-NPA.

Ngayon yung mga nagrereklamo bakit daw mahirap buhay ngayon na sumama sa EDSA 1, ginawa pa ngang hero yung namatay sa petsa kahapon. Eh, supporter ng NPA yun dati, umanib, ginawa lahat kahit marahas para lang sa sariling political ambition.

yang mga pinuno ng mga makakaliwang yan ang lalaki ng mga bahay hayop kung humingi sa mga malalaking kumpanya mga gagong yan

[funkeemunkee]

Yung pinuno nga nila sarap buhay sa The Hague.

[Monseratto]

I think it is already too late. The boat already sailed long ago... treaty imposed ZERO tariffs in 2018 for car imports will make it more difficult to justify a local tariff laden Philippine-assembled car vs a CBU import...

Vietnam also facing the same dilemma...

The automobile industry could go bankrupt when tariffs on vehicles imported from ASEAN countries are abolished in 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned.

Vietnam will have to gradually eliminate the import tax on completely built units under its ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) commitments.

CBU cars are now subject to an import tax of 60 percent, meaning the car industry is now protected.

But once the tax goes, it will be difficult for it to compete with imports because of higher prices.

Vietnam is considering making significant cuts to car taxes to boost domestic production, especially when import tariffs are scrapped on cars from Southeast Asia in 2018 under a regional treaty.

The country needs to cut taxes to help local producers compete with the expected influx of cheap imports, Vietnamese authorities, Japanese embassy officials, and automakers from both countries agreed at a recent meeting, news website VietNamNet said.

Japanese representatives said from now through 2018 the government needs to offer incentives, including tax cuts, to bump up demand and induce auto producers to stay.

If carmakers leave, the Vietnamese market would be taken over by cheap imports from other Southeast Asian countries, they warned.