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11-29-2007, 04:10 PM
Business representatives are reiterating their demand that the government stop tolerating the forced monopoly on cargo transport. They say this affects costs considerably and reduces their competitiveness. The presidents of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), the Federation of Industrial Associations (FAI) and the National Federation of Traders and Entrepreneurs (FENACERD), Joel Santos, Ignacio Mendez and Antonio Cruz Rojas respectively, called on the authorities to enforce the Anti-Monopoly Law.
As reported in El Caribe, Santos, president of ANJE, said that, "the state, as regulator, needs to help by confronting the monopolistic practices and facilitating the opening of the cargo business so that anyone who wants to transport their own merchandise from the ports can do so freely and with their own vehicles. He said that if this were accomplished, there would be a considerable reduction in product prices.
Mendez of FAI emphasized that ground cargo transport in the DR is among the most expensive in the Americas. He said that the manufacturers find it hard to believe that entities such as the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado) are still tolerated in a competitive and open market. "While there is no competition, these transporters can set the rates at will," he complained.
Cruz Rojas of Fenacerd called for the monopoly to be broken.
El Caribe pointed out that Fenatrado trucks commonly obstruct other vehicles, even if there is a police station nearby.
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As reported in El Caribe, Santos, president of ANJE, said that, "the state, as regulator, needs to help by confronting the monopolistic practices and facilitating the opening of the cargo business so that anyone who wants to transport their own merchandise from the ports can do so freely and with their own vehicles. He said that if this were accomplished, there would be a considerable reduction in product prices.
Mendez of FAI emphasized that ground cargo transport in the DR is among the most expensive in the Americas. He said that the manufacturers find it hard to believe that entities such as the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado) are still tolerated in a competitive and open market. "While there is no competition, these transporters can set the rates at will," he complained.
Cruz Rojas of Fenacerd called for the monopoly to be broken.
El Caribe pointed out that Fenatrado trucks commonly obstruct other vehicles, even if there is a police station nearby.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)