The Chilean Antitrust Court Rejected A Complaint Against Masisa

Chile's Competition Tribunal announced last Wednesday that it has rejected a predatory pricing complaint against two furniture manufacturers, as the companies lack a high enough market share to be considered dominant.

Furniture company Metalurgica Silcosil made the complaint to the specialist tribunal, which is a division of Chile's competition watchdog, against rivals Masisa and Masisa Componentes. The two companies respectively manufacture ready to assemble furniture and wooden furniture components.

In its March 2015 complaint, Silcosil claimed the two Masisa companies had engaged in predatory pricing and margin squeezing, and copied Silcosil's intellectual property. Silcosil said the behaviour took place across Chile and had had significant effects on both its business and consumers throughout the country.