Competition Protection Commission Investigates Milk Sector

At the end of 2010 the Competition Protection Commission initiated an investigation into the milk sector. Its main areas of investigation were:

The commission found significant asymmetry between the market level of raw milk production, on the one hand, and the level of raw milk purchasers and dairy farms, on the other. The raw milk purchasers and dairy farms enjoy a stronger market position and are therefore in a position to impose unfair purchase prices on raw milk and other trade conditions on raw milk producers.