MART studies the sharp rise in prices of poultry meat

"When monitoring the price situation in June-July noticed that prices of poultry meat have increased considerably.And the growth was due to the price of producers.With the same margins manufacturers have increased the price and canceled previously granted rebates.For the individual commercial objects, the price of poultry meat has increased to 28% .Therefore, the largest poultry producers, their order of seven, in a single moment, the others, which do not occupy a significant share of the market, are caught up by the leaders and have increased prices at about the same level, "said Ivan Vezhnovets. At the same time, he pointed out that there were no objective factors to raise producer prices at this level.

"Such a one-off price increase with no objective reasons is showing signs of collusion on prices, so this week we issued an appropriate order and launched an anti-monopoly investigation against the biggest producers. Currently, there is no question of the fact of violation – the investigation is just beginning, "added the deputy minister.

According to the law, the antimonopoly investigation for data collection can last up to three months. "However, understanding social responsibility and the need to solve the problem as soon as possible, we will try to speed up the investigation," said Ivan Vezhnovets. A fine can represent up to 10% of the annual income from the sale of the whole bird.