{"id":4835,"date":"2025-04-30T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:41:27","slug":"ccp-fines-poultry-hatcheries-rs155-million-for-price-fixing-cartel-of-day-old-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/ccp-fines-poultry-hatcheries-rs155-million-for-price-fixing-cartel-of-day-old-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"CCP Slaps Rs155 Million Fine on Poultry Hatcheries for Price Fixing of Day-Old Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Islamabad<\/strong> \u2013 T<a href=\"https:\/\/cc.gov.pk\/index.php?lang=en\">he Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP<\/a>) has imposed a collective <strong>fine of Rs155 million on eight <\/strong>of the country\u2019s<strong> leading poultry hatcheries <\/strong>for engaging in a <strong>price-fixing cartel <\/strong>involving day-old broiler chicks (DOCs), in violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a <strong>suo motu <\/strong>investigation into irregularities in the <strong>DOC market<\/strong>, the CCP discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/sb.com.pk\/home\/\">Sadiq Poultry<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitechgroup.pk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hi-Tech Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islamabadgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Islamabad Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympia.pk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olympia Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jadeedgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jadeed Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seasonsgroup.com.pk\/supreme-farms-pvt-ltd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Farms<\/a> (Seasons Group), <a href=\"https:\/\/bigbirdfoods.com\/governance\/board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Bird Group<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/shopsabroso.pk\/pages\/hatcheries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sabir\u2019s Group<\/a> had colluded to manipulate prices. The hatcheries coordinated their actions via a WhatsApp group called \u201c<strong>Chick Rate Announcement<\/strong>,\u201d managed by Big Bird Group\u2019s senior official and <strong>Marketing Manager Dr. Shahid. Between 2019 and 2021<\/strong>, price-sensitive information was exchanged <strong>198 times<\/strong>\u2014<strong>108 via text messages and 87 on WhatsApp.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.avif 800w, https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/vetnewsandviews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-768x432.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b4ee72fb421d23d6e9643d4ab4e4d45 wp-block-paragraph\">The cartel maintained uniform <strong>DOC prices across Punjab,<\/strong> which also impacted markets in <strong>Multan <\/strong>and <strong>Karachi<\/strong>. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Between March 2020 and April 2021<\/mark><\/strong>, the price of a day-old chick increased by <strong>346%, from Rs17.92 to Rs79.92, contributing<\/strong> to a rise in chicken meat prices and burdening consumers across Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disturbingly, two high-ranking officials from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanpoultrycentral.pk\/\">Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA),<\/a> <strong>Dr. Abdul Karim <\/strong>(Chairman, Hatchery Affairs Committee) and <strong>Maj. (R) Syed Javaid Hussain Bukhari<\/strong> (PPA Secretary General), were part of the W<strong>hatsApp group<\/strong> but failed to intervene, implicitly endorsing the <strong>price-fixing activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CCP condemned the cartel&#8217;s actions, stating,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-38a808b7060c69aeeb28b5b4c056572a\"><code>\u201cTrade associations must focus on sectoral growth, not price manipulation. Fixing prices is an exploitation of consumers and a distortion of fair market competition.\u201d\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent reports also indicated that <strong>DOC prices had surged to Rs230 per chick<\/strong>, despite the fair market value being around <strong>Rs78, raising fresh concerns<\/strong> about the ongoing cartel behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The CCP urges citizens and stakeholders to report any anti-competitive conduct via its official complaint portal to preserve market integrity and protect consumers from unfair practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad \u2013 The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed a collective fine of Rs155 million on eight of the country\u2019s leading poultry hatcheries for engaging in a price-fixing cartel&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[56,1917,1920,1919,1918,118,144,142],"class_list":["post-4835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-poultry-industry-updates","tag-agriculture","tag-ccp-fine","tag-chick-rate-announcement","tag-competition-commission-of-pakistan","tag-day-old-chicks","tag-livestock","tag-pakistan","tag-poultry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CCP Slaps Rs155 Million Fine on Poultry Hatcheries for Price Fixing of Day-Old Chicks - The Veterinary News &amp; 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