According to the statement made by the Ministry, intensive inspection activities were carried out in the January-May period in order to maintain the economic welfare and domestic market balance of the citizens.
Especially before the Eid al -Adha, the Ministry, which increased its inspections in many fields, especially in the basic consumption products, has carried out comprehensive activities for companies that violate consumer rights, apply exorbitant prices, make stocks and make unfair commercial applications.
Within this framework, 239 thousand 98 companies and 14 million 206 thousand 936 products were inspected. A total of 1 billion 225 million 787 thousand 722 pounds in total as a result of the audits administrative fine was applied.
58.1 million pounds penalty for increasing inspections in May
In May, especially before the Eid al -Adha, 9 thousand 191 companies were inspected in order to prevent the imbalances in the market within the scope of unfair commercial practices, stocking and exorbitant price. As a result of these inspections, a total of 58.1 million pounds of 519 companies were applied to 519 companies.
50 thousand 468 real and legal persons were examined in inspections carried out in areas such as automotive, real estate, jewelery, stocking, exorbitant price applications and payment times. 1626 people and the organization identified in these inspections and approximately 453 million 666 thousand 882 pounds administrative fine was imposed.
232 million 236 thousand 76 pounds for unfair commercial implementation and payment periods in the said inspections, 139 million 865 thousand 360 pounds for exorbitant price applications, 16 million 500 thousand pounds for the jewelry sector, 41 million 793 thousand 810 pounds in the real estate sector and 8 million 5 thousand 912 pounds in the automotive sector was applied.
255 million pounds penalty for consumer inspections
13 thousand 264 real and legal persons were inspected within the framework of consumer inspections, 950 people and organizations were given an administrative fine of 255 million 228 thousand 867 pounds.
Approximately 110 million 159 thousand 773 pounds in consumer contracts and contradictions, 125 million 276 thousand 138 pounds for advertising and unfair commercial applications and 19 million 792 thousand 956 pounds in product safety inspections were given an administrative fine.
517 million pounds penalty in 81 provinces
81 provinces operating in the Ministry of Commerce through the provincial directorates of consumer expenditures taking into account 175 thousand 366 companies were inspected and 39 thousand 628 companies identified 39 thousand 628 companies were imposed on a total of 516 million 891 thousand 974 pounds.
Only 28 thousand 910 companies and more than 2.5 million products were inspected in May, 6 thousand 459 companies were sentenced to 120.8 million pounds. In this context, 4 million 4 million 457 thousand 845 in Istanbul, 2 million 137 thousand 218 in Antalya and 1 million 845 thousand 583 inspections were carried out in Ankara.
374 million 936 thousand 308 pounds for 115 thousand 833 inappropriate products detected in Istanbul were cut.
Last year, 223 companies imposed a penalty of 7.7 billion pounds competition institution in the first 5 months of this year’s food, insurance, finance, construction and chemical products sectors operating in 125 companies operating in a total of 5 billion 228 million 644 thousand 210,71 pounds gave an administrative fine.
