No unfair trade practices by Procter & Gamble: CCI

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected allegations of unfair trade practices against Procter and Gamble Home Products.

The allegations were made by a contract manufacturer.

In its order, fair trade regulator CCI said that Procter & Gamble Home Products' dominance, if any, in the market of toothbrushes, toothpastes and detergent powder has no concern with manufacturing contracts.

JHS Svendgaard Laboratories, which filed the complaint, is into manufacturing of fast moving consumer goods on contractual basis.

Similar complaints were also against Gillette India Ltd and Gillette Diversified Operations Pvt Ltd.

All allegations have been made on termination of agreement and refusal to renew the pacts between Procter and Gamble Home Products and JHS Svendgaard, "which are contractual disputes and the remedy for the same lies elsewhere", the fair trade watchdog said on Tuesday.

"... the terms of manufacturing agreement between the Informant and Opposite Party 1 (Procter & Gamble Home Products) cannot be considered as violative of the provisions of Section 3(4) of the Act," CCI's order said.

Section 3(4) of the Competition Act relates to agreements between enterprises.