Author Aditya Kalra
New Delhi (Reuters) -FedEx, UPS, Aramex and DHL executives, inspected a group of book publishers in the coming weeks by pricing, which is a new turn of the antimonopol probe, which last year confirmed courier companies.
The permit to interrogate companies in the complaint to the complainant is not common in Indian antitrust. This means that the final findings of the antitrust of the antitrust may change and create new challenges for courier large companies, and the case will be extended for several months, antimonopolic lawyers and government sources said.
Many foreign and domestic companies appreciate the delivery market of India courier and parcel, which is expected to increase by 11% a year to $ 14.3 billion to 2030.
December Reuters reported that the Indian Competition Commission (CCI) found that “no evidence” courier firms shared commercial information. 2022 The cartel case, the data of which remains confidential in the light of the rules, has been activated when the Indian Publishers’ Federation is suspected of delivery firms prices and discounts.
CCI has now found a complaint from a group of publishers, stating that it should be allowed to investigate the presentation company executives, as the investigators only relied on the word to give companies a clean chita.
The Federation “demonstrated a sufficient reason for the necessity and expediency of such a cross-examination,” CCI noted on May 28. In the internal order reviewed by Reuters.
The order stated that the interviewed executives were Subhasish Chakraborty, CEO of DTDC Express in India; RS Subramanian, CEO of DHL Express India; I put Choudhury, Vice -President of FedEx in India; PERCY CEO, CEO of Aramex in India and Abbas Panju, CEO of UPS Express in India.
None of the managers responded to the requests to comment.
DHL stated that in the report he was fully complied with all the laws and “fully cooperates with CCI, but could not comment on specifics.
CCI, as well as other companies – DTDC, USA FedEx and UPS, and Dubai Aramex did not respond to Reuters requests.
The Indian Publishers’ Federation did not respond either. It represents many Indian publishers such as Chand and Rupa publications, as well as some foreign groups such as Pan Macmillan.
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