association of vehicle importers and distributors

Avid’s 2019 sales lift industry’s grand total above 410,000 target

Although the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) posted a 12 percent sales growth in December 2019, versus the same month in 2018 by selling 8,089 units, its full year sales of 87,984 units were 0.5…

Vehicle distributors, auto journalists hold EV forum

THE Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) and the Society of Philippine Motoring Journalists (SPMJ) held a forum tackling the future of the domestic automotive industry and the budding local market for electric vehicles (EVs). The…

Car distributors’ sales dip 11% in July, stay flat in first 7 months

DELIVERIES made by member-companies of the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, Inc. (AVID) decreased 11% in July, the group said in a statement. Its sales in July reached 6,987, which computes to 864 vehicles less than…

PH car distributors’ first-half sales performance nearly flat

SALES made by the country’s auto distributors were nearly flat in the first six months of the year when these are compared against the same period in 2018. The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) reported…

AVID kicks off the year with 6,493 units sold

The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) has sold 6,493 units in January this year, a drop of 25 percent from last year’s 8,696 units sold in the same period amid conservative consumer outlook.…

Avid caps off first half of 2017 with 6% growth

The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors posted a remarkable 6% growth in the first semester of 2017, pushing total sales to 48,348 units from 45,470 units over the same period in 2016.…

BIR warns car importers on tax payments

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has given owners of imported vehicles until the end of this month to pay their taxes and secure the necessary release document or else have their cars seized. “It has been…

BIR files P638.36 M tax evasion complaint vs luxury car importer

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday filed P638.36-million tax evasion complaint with the Department of Justice against an importer of luxury cars. Facing complaint for violation of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) specifically for willful attempt…

2014 signals major changes in auto industry

From January to November 2014, the Philippine automotive industry sold 213,427 units, reflecting a 30-percent surge over the same period in 2013. …

Avid: In its fourth year of championing of a level playing field

In July four years ago, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (Avid) was founded by eleven car companies that do not assemble motor vehicles in the Philippines and were therefore relegated to nonvoting associate membership in…