The Chairman of the Georgian Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (GCCA), Irakli Lekvinadze, presented the six-month report for the year 2025 at the meeting in July.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (GCCA) of Georgia shared the details of the report on its official Facebook Page on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
According to the document, 1 study has been completed, and 3 – the study of pharmaceutical, fish market, and online services market is in progress. The completed investigation was related to LLC,, Rustavi Autobazroba” and LLC,, Mikado Georgia”, where the abuse of the dominant situation was found and economic agents were fined 848 276 GEL.
According to strategic market monitoring, GCCA has launched a study of 1 market – pesticides and agrochemicals. On the recommendation of the Parliament’s Economic Policy Committee, the observation of the nut and blueberry markets has been renewed, and the FMCG, car fuel, and tobacco markets are in the mode of study.
In the six months of 2025, 7976 cases were registered in Georgia. GCCA approves 9 concentration camps. The majority of construction and FMCG has been implemented in the sector.
602 applications have been registered for consumer rights protection. Violation of the consumer group’s rights was confirmed in 67 – 109 cases. 34 merchants were fined on 68 cases for non-fulfillment of obligations imposed by GCCA, in total, 29,018 GEL, and 83 agreements were signed on 90 cases for conditional liability for the benefit of the customers. In order to protect consumer interests, 10 standards were developed.
The anti-dumping policy implementation process is in the ongoing regime, with the issue of studying the presumptive import of products from Iran and the Russian Federation to the customs territory of Georgia.
During the same period, information about a small amount of state aid was published, the volume of which, in 2024, amounted to 5,313,225 GEL.
Also, there was a change in the Law on Competition, and the record of the creation of a council consisting of 5 members in the agency was canceled. Maintaining the existing model of governance structure ensures that budgeted financial resources are saved both in one-off and annual cuts.
