54,000 scrappage scheme vouchers waiting to be used on the market

Almost 54,00 "Rabla" (car scrappage scheme) vouchers are currently being traded on the Romanian market, according to statistics of the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), up by almost 20% against the beginning of July. They are sold by those who have scrapped an over ten-year old car at prices ranging between 1,000 and 1,500 RON. If the vouchers are not used before the end of October, when the "Rabla" scheme ends, car owners will lose the 3,800-RON nominal value.

Since the start of the car scrappage scheme this year, almost 158,000 old cars were scrapped, but the AFM validated less than 104,700 vouchers, used for the acquisition of nearly 35,000 cars, over 50% of which are Dacias manufactured in Mioveni.

The number of cars sold as part of the scrappage scheme continued to rise in June, to 6,800 units, up by over 20% against the previous month, with almost 95% of new cars sold by dealers bought with REMAT (car scrappage scheme) vouchers.