The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) presented draft guidelines for determining criteria for a significant increase in demand for goods and an increase in operating costs affecting prices. writes about this RBC referring to the service’s internal document.
According to the methodology, it should be analyzed whether a price that deviates significantly from the possible competitive level due to changes in supply and demand is reasonable.
It is considered especially important that applications for the purchase of a product during the month increased by more than 10 percent compared to the supply of that product. Additionally, signs of increased demand include an increase in sales, a decrease in inventories, and a high pace of sales.
FAS considers another indirect indicator of unreasonable prices to be a rapid increase in the cost of goods according to the consumer price index and profitability above the industry average.
To calculate a reasonable price, FAS offers a special formula that takes into account the Rosstat index and real growth. When analyzing company costs, the regulator recommends factor analysis of costs over three years based on accounting and operational data.
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