Grupo Buena dominates duty-free import of food in GuatemalaWednesday, August 27, 2008 Despite the announcement from the Government that they would open the quotas to the cooperatives, one of them got only 1.98% of the 120,500 metric tons of food. Last May, the Government of Alvaro Colom announced with great fanfare that it would free up the food import quotas, and that these would be administered by the cooperatives in order to promote competition and to provide consumers with the benefits of duty-exempted products. Panamanian Poultries in Antitrust LawsuitWednesday, October 13, 2010 The Consumer Protection Authority sued nine of the 14 companies for monopolizing the country's poultry prices. The lawsuit was filed by ACODECO, the Consumer Protection and Competition Agency, against "Arce Poultry, Chong Poultry, Greece Poultry, Franz Poultry, Melo Enterprises, the National Association of Poultry Producers Panama, the Guayacanes Processing, Products Toledano and Cooperative Juan 23," Pa-digital.com.pa informed. HMS Cpacitación EMPRESARIAL en EXCEL Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica.
Companies Bid for Feeding at PrisonsWednesday, December 23, 2009 5 companies submitted bids for a $34 million contract comprising feeding inmates at two Panamanian prisons. The contract comprises feeding inmates and prison staff at the penitentiaries of Panama and Colon from January 1st, 2010, to December 31st, 2012. Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Honduras: March 2016 Export Figures for AquacultureTuesday, June 7, 2016 In the first quarter of the year shrimp export earnings grew by 56% compared to the same period in 2015, reaching $27.7 million. A report from the Central Bank of Honduras states that "... shrimp exports totaled US $27.7 million, US $10 million more in relation to the amount observed up to March in the previous year." Alba Petróleos Fined in El SalvadorTuesday, November 19, 2013 The company was fined $759,924 for failing to petition the Salvadorian Superintendency of Competition to approve to purchase of nine service stations. In addition to the financial penalty, the Superintendencia de Competencia (SC) demanded that the company submit within 30 days an application to follow the procedure which should have been done in the beginning. El Salvador Hotels: Price Fixing Allegation DismissedWednesday, October 29, 2014 The Superintendency of Competition has stated that there is insufficient evidence to determine alleged anticompetitive practices due to price agreements between four hotels in offers to the state. From a communication from the Superintendence of Competition in El Salvador: Panama: Brewery Appeals FineThursday, May 17, 2018 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. Following the Acodeco's decision, through the National Directorate of Free Competition, to impose the maximum administrative penalty for monopolistic practices of $50 thousand on Cervecería Nacional, the company has filed an appeal in which it requests that the amount of the established fine be modified. Panama: Monopolistic Practices in Food DenouncedFriday, February 24, 2017 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. Costa Rica: Reforms to Anti-Monopoly LawTuesday, August 23, 2011 The recent fine imposed on Mabe has revived controversy over the nature of the regulations. Two bills relating to monopolies, under analysis in the Legislative Assembly, might be reactivated earlier than expected, after the Commission for the Promotion of Competition (COPROCOM) decided to fine the company Mabe for unlawful concentration in the market. Honduras: Anticompetitive Practices in Cement IndustryMonday, July 4, 2011 The cement companies Cenosa and y Lafarge-Inhcesa have again increased product prices in a unified manner, defying the rules of the Commission in Defense of Competition (CDPC in Spanish). Both companies have been making simultaneous increases in the price of concrete for several years, provoking an investigation by the CDPC. This investigation determined the existence of practices that restrict free competition, including price fixing and market sharing. Agricultural Network for Red Cardamom ExportsWednesday, March 19, 2014 Guatemalan cardamom producers will have access to best practices and techniques to improve production and increase their exports. From a statement by the Guatemalan Exporters Association: Fine Given for Anticompetitive Insurance PracticesThursday, September 25, 2014 The Costa Rican State insurance company will have to pay $174,000 as a penalty for "improving any offer made by their competition to their customers." The Antitrust Commission imposed a fine of 94 million colones ($174,000) on Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) in a case reported by the Superintendent of Insurance in 2011, a year after the opening up of the market. |
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