After a series of anti-monopoly investigations, the anti-monopoly trend of the auto industry has finally reached the ground. Surprisingly, the anti-monopoly of the luxury cars that had been vigorously carried out did not take the lead in “landingâ€, but the components were the first to bear the brunt.
On August 20th, the website of the National Development and Reform Commission announced that the price monopoly of eight parts companies, including Sumitomo, was 8.3196 billion yuan in accordance with the law, and the price monopoly of four bearing companies such as Seiko was punishable by RMB 403.44 million, and the total fine was 1,235.4 million yuan.
At this point, the thunderous anti-monopoly investigation finally entered the "receipt of the network" stage, and from the recent series of investigations carried out by the National Development and Reform Commission and the related information disclosed previously, the punishment for the 12 Japanese companies was only opened. The corner of the anti-monopoly curtain.
The National Development and Reform Commission issued the first fine on August 6. On the 6th, the Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission and the spokesperson Li Pumin revealed at the press conference that the National Development and Reform Commission had completed an investigation into the monopoly of Auto Parts and bearing prices for 12 Japanese companies, and will impose penalties according to law. Two weeks later, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a monopoly ticket for the auto industry for the first time, and issued a total of more than 1.2 billion yuan for 12 Japanese companies involved in auto parts price monopoly and bearing price monopoly.
The National Development and Reform Commission said that the auto parts price monopoly case involved eight Japanese auto parts manufacturers including Hitachi, Denso, Aisan, Mitsubishi Electric, Sanye, Yazaki, Furukawa and Sumitomo, while the bearing price monopoly case involved Seiko, Jie Tai Ge Te, NTN and other four bearing manufacturers. In two cases, the parties reached and implemented a price monopoly agreement several times. The illegal act lasted for more than 10 years, and the illegal circumstances were serious. The National Development and Reform Commission imposed heavy punishment according to law, and applied the Anti-Monopoly Law to relevant parties who actively provided important evidence. 》Reducing or exempting the terms of the penalty.
According to the information published on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the penalty for the auto parts price monopoly case is as follows: 1. Hitachi, which provides relevant information on the first voluntary report and provides important evidence, is exempt from punishment. Second, the second self-reported report on the situation of the monopoly agreement and provide important evidence, the fine of 4% of the annual sales, 1.5560 million yuan. 3. For Yazaki, Furukawa and Sumitomo, who have only negotiated one product, they imposed a fine of 6% on sales for the first year, accounting for 2.4108 billion yuan, 34.56 million yuan and 29,940 million yuan respectively. 4. Ai San, Mitsubishi Electric and Sanye, who have negotiated two or more products, imposed a fine of 8% on sales for the previous year, accounting for 29.76 million yuan, 44.88 million yuan and 40.72 million yuan respectively.
The penalty for the bearing price monopoly case is as follows: 1. For the first initiative to report the relevant situation of the monopoly agreement and provide important evidence, the penalty is exempted. Second, for the second initiative to report the situation and submit all the evidence and sales data related to the Chinese market Seiko, a fine of 4% of the annual sales, accounting for 1.7492 billion yuan. 3. NTN, which withdrew from the Asian Research Council in September 2006 but continued to participate in the China Export Market Conference, imposed a fine of 6% on sales for the previous year, amounting to 1.1916 billion yuan. 4. Jietai Geite, which proposed to convene an export market conference specifically for the Chinese market, imposed a fine of 8% on sales for the first year, amounting to 109.36 million yuan.
At this point, the anti-monopoly tide of the auto industry has finally reached the ground.
Ten years of "union" disintegration Although the parts industry has become an anti-monopoly leader in the automotive industry, it is somewhat unexpected, but for the entire Chinese auto industry, this is undoubtedly a positive signal: after a long anti-monopoly investigation, the government finally The enterprises involved are no longer soft. This also means that market-oriented reforms based on anti-monopoly have finally entered the practical stage in the automotive industry.
According to the investigation of the National Development and Reform Commission, the above-mentioned eight Japanese component manufacturers and four Japanese bearing manufacturers have reached and implemented price monopoly agreements for more than 10 years, and have formed a price monopoly "alliance".
According to the National Development and Reform Commission, from January 2000 to February 2010, eight Japanese auto parts manufacturers, including Hitachi, Denso and Aisan, obtained orders for automakers at the most favorable price in order to reduce competition. Frequent bilateral or multilateral talks, negotiated prices with each other, and reached an order quotation agreement and implemented it. The price negotiation involves 13 products of the Chinese market and orders, including starter, alternator, throttle body, and wire harness. The price-negotiated parts are used in more than 20 models of Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Suzuki, Ford and other brands. As of the end of 2013, most of the orders related to the Chinese market obtained by the parties after price negotiation are still being supplied.
In addition, from 2000 to June 2011, four bearing manufacturers, including Fujitsu, Seiko, Jietaiget, and NTN, organized an Asian research conference in Japan to organize an export market conference in Shanghai to discuss bearings in the Asian region and the Chinese market. The price increase policy, the timing and the price increase, and the implementation of the price increase. When the parties sell bearings in China, they implement price increases based on the prices negotiated by the Asian Research Association and the export market or exchanged price increases.
Because the "alliance" formed by these enterprises is suspected of reaching and implementing a price monopoly agreement for auto parts and bearings, and the circumstances are serious, they have been severely punished by the National Development and Reform Commission. However, judging from the penalties issued by the National Development and Reform Commission for various enterprises, the severe punishment is also a combination of lenient and strict. In the two cases, the first ones who actively reported the situation of the monopoly agreement and provided important evidence were exempted from punishment, while the penalties of other companies involved in the case also rose in a step-by-step manner, with the “confession†situation and the seriousness of the situation. Corresponding.
It is not difficult to see that in the "Prisoner's Dilemma" created by the National Development and Reform Commission, the "alliance" that has existed for 10 years has completely collapsed from the inside.
The storm will continue. Although the National Development and Reform Commission has already imposed penalties on the above-mentioned 12 enterprises, the "union" of these enterprises has implemented a 10-year price monopoly agreement, which has already had a considerable impact on China's automobile industry. The National Development and Reform Commission said that the price monopoly agreement that the above-mentioned enterprises were suspected of reaching and implementing violated the provisions of China's Anti-Monopoly Law, which excluded and restricted market competition, improperly affected the prices of China's auto parts, complete vehicles and bearings, and damaged downstream manufacturing. The legitimate rights and interests of the business and the interests of Chinese consumers.
At present, the companies involved have proposed rectification measures, including the immediate rectification of sales policies and sales behaviors in accordance with Chinese laws; anti-monopoly training for all members of the company to ensure that employee behavior complies with Chinese legal requirements; and take practical actions to eliminate past violations. Consequences, proactively maintain competitive order and benefit consumers.
However, things don't seem to stop here.
In an interview with reporters, Chen Wenkai, president of Gasgoo.com, said: "In the past anti-monopoly cases, it is very rare for such a large number of enterprises to form a monopoly. Moreover, the OEM has more room for choice than the parts and components enterprises. Larger, usually in a relatively strong position, parts companies are not easy to form a monopoly. But it does not rule out another possibility, that is, this monopoly 'alliance' is formed by the automakers, through the price monopoly to make other vehicles It is not easy for the factory to obtain the same resources, so as to obtain the corresponding competitive advantage. Of course, this requires further investigation and evidence to judge."
This means that in addition to Chrysler, Audi and other companies that have been named by the National Development and Reform Commission, some auto manufacturers may be affected by the above two cases, and once they are identified, they are jointly monopolized with the parts manufacturers. In the case, the relevant auto manufacturers are bound to be difficult to be independent. In addition, with the continuous deepening of the anti-monopoly investigation in the automobile industry, more monopolistic behaviors and enterprises involved will gradually surface.
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