A 15% increase in the price of car tires, and “used” tires pose a threat to people with limited incomes
A 15% increase in the price of car tires, and “used” tires pose a threat to people with limited incomes
A 15% increase in the price of car tires, and “used” tires pose a threat to people with limited incomes
Car tire prices rose to more than 15% amid demands for consumer protection intervention to limit these increases, which distributors responded to global price increases. While consumers resorted to used tires, ignoring traffic warnings.
Saeed Bakthifa, Sales Director of the Eastern Region at Aljomaih Automotive Company, responds to these increases due to the high price of rubber in the world, pointing out that the rate of increase in tire prices will not be less than 10-15% during 2012.
He revealed extensively, according to Al-Jazeera newspaper, that the prices of passenger car tires increased from 540 to 600 riyals, while the tires of large transport vehicles increased from 1080 to 1200, which prompted people with limited income to use used tires, ignoring traffic warnings, as these tires pose a threat to Their lives are not commensurate with the temperatures and the long distances between the long roads in the Kingdom.
The average consumption of cars in the Kingdom during the current year is estimated at about 7 to 8 million tires, including passenger and transport vehicles.
