Zhejiang cement Enterprises want to join hands to stop the kiln lawyer said the law

Every reporter Cao Yuanyuan from Shanghai "Now Zhejiang bagged 425# cement price Only about 315 yuan/ton, has no profit."　　"China Cement net editor Zhouli to the Daily economic news."　　Yesterday, "Daily economic News" learned: In order to avoid the big price war, some cement companies in Zhejiang Province will be suspended from May 28 to 12 days.　　However, lawyers in the industry said that the collective stop kiln suspected of manipulating market prices, but also against the principle of competition. Enterprise: Now the cement price is too low part of Hangzhou and surrounding areas, including Jinhua, Quzhou cement Enterprises, in order to deal with the price war, will start from May 28 "Stop (limited) Production insured" collective stop Kiln 12 days.　　Yesterday, Zhejiang Cement Association secretary General Chi Xiaoming to "daily economic news" confirmed the above statement.　　This is not the first time in Zhejiang province this year to stop the kiln incident, as early as earlier this year, Zhejiang has had a 1-month collective Stop (limited) production insured; At the end of April, Zhejiang Jinhua, Quzhou, Shaoxing Cement Enterprises Unified 12 days. Zhou Li Group to accept the "daily economic news" interview, said: "Stop kiln is to solve part of the previous period of time too low price and unsalable cement products, if blindly production, the next product also has no place to store, so to sell a part of the first to start." "A cement company in Zhejiang Province staff also said," Now the price of cement is too low, do not make any money. "In fact, the price of Zhejiang cement behind the downturn is the cement industry overcapacity." According to the data provided by China Cement Network, Zhejiang Cement production capacity of about 140 million tons, last year, cement production and sales volume of about 100 million tons, the operating rate of 70%, profit margin ranked 3rd in the country.　　In the first quarter of this year, Zhejiang Cement capacity construction rate of about 60%, but the cement price is still hovering in the bottom area. For the current situation of the cement industry in Zhejiang Province, the staff of the building Materials Metallurgy Coal Industry Administration Office of Zhejiang Economic and Trade Commission said: "The global financial crisis did have some impact on the Zhejiang cement industry." Over time the provincial government may release some documents, is related to building materials, non-ferrous Industrial transformation and upgrading of the planning, which is the government's direction for the development of enterprises a guide. "Lawyer:" Collusion is illegal "" collective production of the act is a clear violation of the price act, and should be the national Development and Reform Commission and the relevant local departments of the relevant enterprises operating penalties.　　"Yunting, a lawyer from Shanghai Zhong Hui law Firm, pointed out to the daily economic news. "Business as a single subject can be discontinued, but the enterprise can not collude with peers to do these things, collusion is illegal." "For lawyers, Chi Xiaoming explains:" (stop kiln) is not led by industry associations, these are the enterprise's own behavior. "The Antimonopoly Act 13th stipulates that a competition-related operator is prohibited from achieving the following monopolistic agreements." These include: fixing or changing the price of a commodity, restricting the production of goods or the number of sales. The first small item in the 14th article of the price law, the business operators shall not phaseCollusion, manipulating market prices and damaging the legitimate rights and interests of other operators or consumers.