The Ministry of Commerce and Trade introduced {that a} coordination assembly was held on Sunday on the workplace of Minister Khalifa Al-Ajeel, bringing collectively Minister of Municipality Abdullatif Al-Mishari, representatives from the Public-Personal Partnership Tasks Authority, and consulting companies concerned in designing and implementing the Al-Salmi Car Public sale Market Undertaking.
The ministry said that the assembly aimed to revitalize the mission and restore it to its correct implementation path after a interval of inactivity. Discussions targeted on the mission’s elements, implementation plan, and preliminary facility designs to make sure accelerated progress and efficient coordination amongst all involved entities throughout the public-private partnership framework, reviews Al-Rai every day.
In response to the ministry, the mission will span an space of 500,000 sq. meters alongside Al-Salmi Highway, reverse the Low-Price Housing Undertaking and roughly 10 minutes from Jahra Metropolis.
As soon as accomplished, it can turn out to be the most important used car gross sales hub within the area, that includes showrooms for used and new vehicles (together with company autos), automobile buying and selling places of work, authorities service facilities, and assist amenities associated to the automotive sector.
The ministry added that the present section witnessed the signing of a consulting contract in February 2025 with a consortium of native companies to organize monetary, engineering, authorized, and environmental feasibility research in keeping with Partnership Regulation No. 116 of 2014 and its govt rules.
Minister Khalifa Al-Ajeel emphasised that the Al-Salmi Car Public sale Market represents a strategic initiative to arrange and modernize the car buying and selling atmosphere.
He affirmed that the Ministry, in coordination with the Partnership Authority, is working to speed up implementation phases, set clear completion timelines, and improve transparency—opening new funding alternatives for the personal sector and contributing to the expansion and regulation of Kuwait’s automotive commerce sector.