Brief Introduction

The initial scope of the Ghana Automotive Development Policy (hereafter referred to as “the Auto Policy”) is to provide the necessary framework to establish assembly and manufacturing capacity in Ghana. The initial coverage of vehicles to beassembled under the policy includes new passenger cars, SUVs and light commercial vehicles which would include pickups, minibuses and cargo vans. Additional policy interventions will be introduced in the course of implementation for assembling medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and for the assembly of buses. For the purpose of policy implementation and effective regulation of incentives, Ghana has categorized auto assembly into Semi-Knocked-Down (SKD), Enhanced SKD and Completely-Knocked-Down (CKD), based on the qualifying list of local or foreign assembly, and Fully-BuiltUnits (FBUs). Each category is defined according to place of assembly or manufacture