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Real interesting about the export to Africa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoHXUPTp3NE
The Russian captain goes one time per month with his ship from Hamburg to Coutounou/Benin. The ship has 13 decks, 4560 cars are loaded.
Not all are from Germany, they are from everywhere in Europe.
The dealers are -as expected- from a big Lebanese family, in the business since 18 years.
Now they have problems with the German "Abwrackprämie", because they are always pickung up cars for less than 2000 €, but these wre all crushed, because the government pays 2500 €. But this is no big thing, they say, now they are starting to buy cars in the USA "there you can get everything for good prices" and Japan.
In the harbour of Coutounou 5000 people have an income by this business. And 5000 more, who a living from the stolen parts. From the harbour the cars are going -always by night because of the traffic- 18 km to the big dealer's places. Actually there are stored 150.000 used cars from everywhere around the world.
The most of them were sold to Nigeria. Every week 1000 used cars were brought with a police-escort 1000 km to Nigeria (resp. the cars, which still are able to drive).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoHXUPTp3NE
The Russian captain goes one time per month with his ship from Hamburg to Coutounou/Benin. The ship has 13 decks, 4560 cars are loaded.
Not all are from Germany, they are from everywhere in Europe.
The dealers are -as expected- from a big Lebanese family, in the business since 18 years.
Now they have problems with the German "Abwrackprämie", because they are always pickung up cars for less than 2000 €, but these wre all crushed, because the government pays 2500 €. But this is no big thing, they say, now they are starting to buy cars in the USA "there you can get everything for good prices" and Japan.
In the harbour of Coutounou 5000 people have an income by this business. And 5000 more, who a living from the stolen parts. From the harbour the cars are going -always by night because of the traffic- 18 km to the big dealer's places. Actually there are stored 150.000 used cars from everywhere around the world.
The most of them were sold to Nigeria. Every week 1000 used cars were brought with a police-escort 1000 km to Nigeria (resp. the cars, which still are able to drive).