After Grupo Lala decided to close the operations of its dairy production plant in Costa Rica, a debate began over whether Dos Pinos' dominance in the local market was due to protectionist policies or to the brand positioning, quality and price of its products.
The Honduran construction union asked the government to eliminate the safeguards on imports of steel-based products, because they assure that these measures promote monopolistic practices.
Directors of the Honduran Chamber of Construction Industry (Chico), indicated that the safeguard applied to steel sheets and rods are detrimental to the construction industry and this translates into an increase in prices.
In Costa Rica, a bill is in progress that contemplates eliminating fines for the first member of a cartel that recognizes and denounces to the authorities that has engaged in monopolistic practices.
As part of the bills for Costa Rica's entry into the OECD, deputies voted in second debate file No.
Seven years after Cofasa filed a monopoly complaint against Fischel, in Costa Rica the Commission for the Promotion of Competition decided to impose a fine of almost $19 million on the pharmacy chain.
Representatives of the Commission for the Promotion of Competition (Coprocom), informed that the fine imposed on Fischel is provisional, since the resolution is in the appeals phase, so it is not final and cannot be released figures or other aspects of the ruling.
Stating that there are enough elements to reduce the amount, the National Brewery has appealed the fine of $50 thousand imposed by Acodeco, after it was accused of alleged monopolistic practices.
According to the Acodeco, the economic group formed by Cervecería Nacional and its subsidiaries Distribuidora Comercial, Refrescos nacionales and Financiera Pasadena committed "monopolistic practices by preventing the permanence and entry of its only direct competitor."
In Costa Rica, the pig farmers' association has filed a complaint alleging that importers such as Walmart, Cargill and Sigma Alimentos are manipulating pork prices in the local market.
The Costa Rican Chamber of Porculturists (Caporc) filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Commission (Coprocom), arguing that "...three multinational companies make up 65% of total pork imports, and that this concentration demonstrates significant market power that undermines free competition and market transparency."
In Panama, pharmaceutical companies claim that the demand for a new requirement to participate in the tender could be used to exclude certain suppliers from the process.
In thetenderfor the purchase of various drugs for $241 million, the National Department of Pharmacy and Drugs (DNFD) at the Ministry of Health (Minsa) included a new requirement to participate in the process. Suppliers must submit a certificate of interchangeability for each product they wish to offer.
With a lawsuit against the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Costa Rica the virtually monopolistic Liga Agrícola Industrial de la Caña de Azúcar is attempting to limit the quotas for historical importers of the grain.
The administrative proceedings presented by Liga Agrícola Industrial de la Caña de Azúcar (LAICA) against the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX), aim to limit the quotas for historic imports of sugar, and could have consequences for other mass consumption products in the country.
Four companies are being investigated for possibly having coordinated to manipulate prices in tenders in the dairy drinks market and to have divided up the market by geographical area.
The companies that are being investigated by the Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco) are Productos Nevada S. de R.L.; Global Products and Logistic Services, Inc .; Industrias lácteas, S.A; Food and Sociedad de Alimentos de Primera, S.A.
Three food companies are being investigated for alleged monopolistic practices consisting of "establishing, agreeing upon or coordinating bids or abstentions in public tenders".
From a statement issued by the Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition:
A complaint from the state run telecommunications company in Costa Rica has been dismissed after it argued that its competitors Claro and Movistar were using monopolistic practices in their services for international voice and data roaming.
The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) and the Commission to Promote Competition (COPROCOM) decided not to recommend any sanction against alleged monopolistic practices by Movistar and Claro, annulling the suit filed in May 2015 by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
A program of "clemency" for companies that cooperate with information on anticompetitive practices in the sector is part of what is being proposed for the bill that will be analyzed in Congress.
The bill presented by the Ministry of Economy in May 2015 is being discussed in Congress, where they are working on a draft with changes to the text. The proposed leniency regime"... could include economic agents that take part in or have become involved in anticompetitive practices and who intend to cooperate with the investigations."
The Commission to Promote Competition in Costa Rica has launched an investigation against Liga Agrícola de la Caña after a complaint was made by Maquila Lama.
At the request of the Agricultural Cane League the government has extended until the end of November the investigation into alleged dumping against the sugar importer La Maquila Lama.
The as yet unresolved conflict could once again make its presence felt with the import of organic sugar on the part of the Agricultural Cane League and also the importer La Maquila Lama, who filed with the Commission to Promote Competition (COPROCOM) a complaint of alleged monopolistic practices.See: "Sugar War in Costa Rica".
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