The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has opened a case against the Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) group, owned by the former deputy head of the Administration of the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. Yuri Kosyuk for signs of abuse of monopoly power in the chicken market. This was announced by AMCU head Yuriy Terentyev on his Facebook page.
According to Terentyev, during the market investigation, the committee determined that MHP possesses structural characteristics of a monopoly (dominant) position in the primary chicken market. Evidence was also found that the MHP group was abusing this dominant position.
"The group produces chicken meat at its own poultry farms, and almost all of its output is sold to domestic and international markets through Myronivsky Hleboproduct CJSC. Myronivsky Hleboproduct sells poultry meat both internally and through distributors, sub-distributors, and trading partners," Terentyev noted.
An investigation by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) found that Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) sets conditions for its trading partners to secure sales territories, obligates partners to adhere to MHP's pricing policy, and prohibits these partners from selling competitors' products.
"This means that Myronivsky Hliboproduct is pursuing a restrictive trade policy towards distributors, sub-distributors, and partners. These actions by the MHP Group could disrupt the structure of the chicken distribution market, significantly limit the rights of other market participants to freely choose their partners, and impose their own rules of conduct on market participants. The purpose of such actions could be either to strengthen their own market position or to limit the competitiveness of competitors' products with significantly weaker market positions," the AMCU head stated.
According to Terentyev, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine is beginning to collect and analyze evidence in the case.
Ранее SKELET-info reported that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development refused further lending "Mironovsky Khleboproduct".
In addition, the Dutch press was outraged quality of chicken meat from the Ukrainian manufacturer "Myronivsky Hliboproduct".
Recently, Mironovsky Khleboproduct, which sells chicken under the brands Nasha Ryaba, Legko, Bashchinsky and Qualiko, entered the market under another brand name - “Vinnytsia Kurchata.”
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