Belarusian Bought Almost 20 Thousand Cars In Lithuania Last Year

This means that he had to purchase at least two cars every hour.

According to Regitra, last year, a citizen of Belarus purchased almost 20,000 cars of M1 class in Lithuania. This means that he had to purchase at least two cars every hour, working around the clock, according to the Association of Manufacturers and Importers, writes LRT.

This case raises experts' suspicions about a hitherto undisclosed scheme in which cars are declared as sold to a foreign citizen, but in fact, after paying cash to the sellers, the old cars remain in Lithuania and are illegally dismantled.

Where the unwanted n Obviously not to legal waste recyclers.

According to Regitra, more than 200,000 cars will be deregistered for various reasons in 2024. Class M1, N1 vehicles, of which about 60,000 will be transferred to individual foreign entities or individuals for various reasons. There were about 50,000 such cars in 2023 and about 36,000 in 2022.

Experts suspect that the increase in the number of car sales to foreign citizens is related to shadow business made possible by loopholes in the legislation. If a car is sold to a foreign person, only a Lithuanian resident must declare the change of ownership. It is at this stage that an opportunity for illegal activity arises.

If, according to the data, last year one Belarusian bought 18,000 cars, the market price of which varies from 50 to 2,000 euros, depending on whether the end-of-life car still has parts suitable for reuse, then illegal car dismantlers in the shadow market could illegally receive income of at least 1 million euros, but in reality this amount can reach 4.5 million euros and more. The state loses tax revenues, and the parts unnecessary for illegal dismantlers end up in the environment and pollute the nature, instead of being properly disposed of, recycled or reused.

"According to Regitra data, in recent years the most cars in Lithuania were bought by citizens of Ukraine, Belarus and Tajikistan. Although the cars are officially deregistered in Lithuania and transferred to a foreign individual, they are likely to remain in Lithuania where they are illegally dismantled.

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