Uzbekistan's Competition Committee has fined 22 compressed natural gas filling stations in Nukus for raising prices together.
Uzbekistan's Competition Committee has fined 22 compressed natural gas filling stations in Nukus for raising prices together.
The stations in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan, raised prices simultaneously by up to 1,050 sum per cubic metre, and the committee found the coordinated rises broke competition law.
For drivers in a region where gas-powered cars are common, a coordinated price jump hits household budgets directly, which is why the regulator treated it as a cartel case rather than a routine fine.
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