panaji automobile dealers in goa are facing the ripple effect of the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage vehicle manufacturers are struggling with production issues forcing them to curtail supplies to dealers as a result of which dispatches to buyers in goa have missed the auspicious dussehra deliverywith the 42daylong peak season having commenced with the first navratra dealers are finding it difficult to convince customers to wait indefinitely for the vehicles of their choice president of the goa automobile dealers association prashant joshi said he also said that there has been robust demand for several vehicle models this year however dealers are witnessing a sharp decline in spot buying due to low stock of vehiclesjoshi said that in some cases buyers are even cancelling their bookings for not being able to dispatch the vehicle by the festival dateas per our data while 5060 buyers go for prior booking the rest 40 are those who just come to the dealership and just buy a vehicle of their choice from ready stock presently this chapter is closed for us as most of the dealers have very limited stock in hand joshi saidwhile the poor availability of their fourwheeler of choice has dampened the customers festival spirit the situation is poles apart in the twowheeler vehicle category the desire to purchase a twowheeler on this auspicious occasion according to gada is better but the demand is unsurprisinglockdown 2020 prompted a global spending spree on electronic items as people rushed to set up home offices thus squeezing supplies of everything from cars to computer monitors and headphones uschina tensions are also part of the story last august the us banned foreign companies whose chips use american technology from selling to a chinese tech giant over espionage allegationsthe car industry has been the most visible victim so far with many brands forced to slow their output in recent months