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Competition Issues In The Chicken Meat, Chicken Egg, And Pork Markets Of The Philippines, Cenon D. Elca, Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo, Charis Mae T. Neric, Janine P. Curibot
Competition Issues In The Chicken Meat, Chicken Egg, And Pork Markets Of The Philippines, Cenon D. Elca, Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo, Charis Mae T. Neric, Janine P. Curibot
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
This study probed the supply chains of the Philippine markets for chicken meat, chicken egg, and pork; and identified several competition issues that present or may potentially lead to violations of the Philippine Competition Act (PCA). In the chicken meat supply chain, vertical integration in the production segment through contract growing was found to likely lead to an oligopolistic market and possible abuse of dominant position, one of the prohibited acts under PCA. There were reports that such abuse may already be in play in its transportation and consolidation segments. The practice in livestock auction markets to simply formalize pre-arranged …