Colombia’s competition authority has imposed fines on Kimberly Clark, Familia and Tecnoquímicas with a combined total of $66.4 million USD. The paper products companies have been accused of maintaining a decade-long cartel designed to manipulate prices in the disposable diaper market.
Colombia’s Superintendence for Industry and Commerce has found the companies guilty of engaging in cartel activities between 2001 and 2012, affecting the country’s economy and directly causing harm to over two million homes with children under 2 years old, for whom disposable diapers are considered a basic need.
Spokespeople for the Superintendence expressed the severity of the companies’ violation of constitutional and legal obligations, as well as ethical and competition values, admonishing the companies for betraying consumers’ trust.
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