Date lodged:
9 July 2015
Status:
Completed
Outcome:
Withdrawn
Summary
On 9 July 2015, Cotton Shippers and its current members, being buyers and exporters of Australian cotton, sought authorisation for making or giving effect to contracts, arrangements or understandings between them and future members to all move to purchasing cotton from cotton growers in Australia using pricing grades based on high volume instrument (HVI) classing of the colour and leaf of cotton, including to offer premium and discount sheets with quadrants of premiums and discounts for grades based on machine classing of colour and leaf, rather than visual classing of those attributes. The proposed conduct also involved the applicants refusing to acquire cotton from growers based on visual classing of those attributes.
HVI classing is already used to assess three other cotton attributes.
The applicants sought authorisation, indefinitely or for a minimum of 10 years, for cartel and exclusionary provisions.
On 23 October 2015 the ACCC issued a draft determination proposing to deny authorisation in respect of the proposed conduct.
On 1 November 2015, the applicants withdrew the application.
HVI classing is already used to assess three other cotton attributes.
The applicants sought authorisation, indefinitely or for a minimum of 10 years, for cartel and exclusionary provisions.
On 23 October 2015 the ACCC issued a draft determination proposing to deny authorisation in respect of the proposed conduct.
On 1 November 2015, the applicants withdrew the application.
Applicant(s)
- Australian Cotton Shippers Association Incorporated
Authorisation number(s)
- A91505
Applications
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant to ACCC re Withdrawal of Application ( PDF 47.74 KB ) | 1 Nov 2015 | |
| Received ( PDF 6.04 MB ) | 9 Jul 2015 |
Decisions
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Determination ( PDF 661.83 KB ) | 23 Oct 2015 |
ACCC correspondence
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| ACCC to Interested Parties re Withdrawal of Application - word verison ( DOCX 196.93 KB ) | 2 Nov 2015 | |
| ACCC to Interested Parties re Withdrawal of Application ( PDF 158.39 KB ) | 2 Nov 2015 | |
| ACCC to Interested Parties re Draft Determination ( PDF 167.93 KB ) | 23 Oct 2015 | |
| ACCC to Applicant re Draft Determination ( PDF 116.8 KB ) | 23 Oct 2015 | |
| ACCC to Applicant re Material Excluded from Public Register ( PDF 166.13 KB ) | 7 Oct 2015 | |
| ACCC to Interested Parties re Consultation Process ( PDF 214.76 KB ) | 24 Jul 2015 | |
| ACCC to Applicant re Interested Party Consultation ( PDF 164.9 KB ) | 24 Jul 2015 | |
| ACCC to Applicant re Material Excluded from Public Register ( PDF 167.05 KB ) | 16 Jul 2015 | |
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