Why are there so many Japanese cars in Maputo?

A fascinating and detailed look at the import of Japanese used cars to Maputo. In order to support the local new car industry, Japan imposes onerous inspections and high charges on cars over three years old, so there is a big export of 3-year old cars to Africa. Andrew Brooks follows the import of these cars by Pakistani families via Durban and through corrupt customs officials in Mozambique. 

"Networks of power and corruption: the trade of Japanese used cars to Mozambique", by Andrew Brooks. The Geographical Journal, 178: 80–92. Academic paper, but available free on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00410.x/full

Fonte: MOZAMBIQUE 199 News reports & clippings 30 July 2012