While Imports (particularly used car trading) seems to be stagnating in most parts of the world because of economic turn down, there are still many nations still empty of Affordable cars. Romania is one such place. According to Financiarul.ro:

In the first ten months this year, the number of used cars from Import rose 105%, to more than 205,000 units…

As you can see, the eastern European nation is starving for Affordable Vehicles and while brand-new models remains prohibitively high, used car imports are filling all the holes in the social landscape. While nearly all of these cars are coming from Western Europe, there may be room for Japanese exporters to find sales direct or indirectly from this situation. While it may not be affordable to export cars to Romania (worth finding out for those looking to expand), we can expect the need of replacement cars in those nations that are selling to Romania. Maybe we’ll see increased imports for Ireland/UK/Netherlands as a knock-on effect.

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