According to Plumb, the value of vouchers to be granted the first stage is worth 57 million lei (EUR12.7 million).
The 2012 edition of the cash-for-clunkers program started in April and was allotted RON114 million, enough to scrap 30,000 old cars.
According to data by the Environment Ministry, obtained by Mediafax, some 12,000 old cars were scrapped in less than a month. The value of a voucher was kept unchanged this year, at RON3,800.
In 2011, the Government earmarked RON456 million for the scrapping of 120,000 old cars. A total of 116.641 old cars were scrapped and almost 40,000 new cars were bought by the end of December 2011, through the cash-for-clunkers program.
Official data show over 300,000 cars older than ten years were scrapped over the past two years. In 2010, some 190,000 cars were scrapped and 63,000 cars, including 26,000 made locally, were bought through the scrappage scheme. (EUR1=RON4.464).