Sector Inquiry: A Glimpse Into The Cement Industry By The Turkish Competition Authority

The Turkish Competition Authority ("Authority") published its final report into the cement sector ("Report") on its website recently. The Report sheds light on future enforcement by the Competition Board ("Board"). Although it is not possible to directly attribute the Report's conclusions to the Board at this stage, the report could be seen as an idea generator for future Board practices. The Report could also have an impact on the depth of future preliminary investigations and investigations. This article provides a brief summary of the Report.

The sector inquiry was not conducted to pinpoint specific competition law violations by a particular undertaking, or a group of undertakings. Rather, the Report aims to make a competitive analysis, reflecting the long-term and holistic view of the market structure, as well as behaviors of independent market players in many different aspects, based on micro data-sets taken from undertakings and customers.