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As parallel importers do not get their vehicles from car manufacturers, they do not always have access to the relevant emission test results required by National Environment Agency.
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SINGAPORE - Parallel-imported cars continued to lose their shine last year, with registrations plummeting by nearly 40 per cent to 11,357.
According to figures from the Land Transport Authority, their share of new car sales here shrank to 14.1 per cent in 2018, down from 20.3 per cent in 2017, and around 24 per cent in 2016.
