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China insists on principle of market economy on Huiyuan takeover
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-11 09:21 As Coca-Cola Co seeks to acquire China's largest juice company Huiyuan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said the government would insist on the principals of market-oriented economy under the legal process.
In an interview with Xinhua on the occasion of the 12th Xiamen International Fair for Investment and Trade in the southeast Fujian province, spokesman Yao Shenhong said the ministry "would review the case of Coca-Cola's acquisition of Huiyuan" and it was against monopoly while supporting "normal economic activities." "Once we receive the application we will start the antitrust review," Yao told Xinhua. Coca-Cola Co said on September 3 it had offered to buy Huiyuan for the equivalent of $2.4 billion in cash. If successful, it would be the second-largest acquisition in the company's history. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company said the offer needed to be approved by the Chinese government. The prospects of approval were unclear with much speculation emerging. In July, China turned down an offer by the Carlyle Group, a US-based private equity company, to acquire Xugong Group Construction Machinery Co. Both the Office of Anti-monopoly Investigations and Department of Treaty and Law in Ministry of Commerce, and Coca-Cola public affairs director Li Xiaoyun confirmed the company hadn't submitted the application as of Wednesday. Li said Coke was preparing the required materials and data for the application. "The review of anti-monopoly has nothing to do with suspicion of monopoly but were simply required when the related companies reached the criterion in the laws," said Li, who also goes by the name Brenda Lee. "This is a very normal process," she told Xinhua in a phone interview. "We simply submitted the materials according to the antitrust laws."
The examination should happen when the total trade volume of all the related companies exceeded 2 billion yuan in the last financial year and the trade volume of the two sides in China exceeded 400 million yuan. The law was welcomed by senior leaders of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Coca-Cola was one of its members. "Frankly, we welcome the new anti-monopoly law as it brings transparency to acquisition cases in China. We welcome the transparency," said AmCham chairman Norwell Coquillard at the Xiamen Fair. "We understand the environment we invest in. We had estimated the market share of Huiyuan and Coca-Cola, which had reach the criterion, so we understand it has to be done," said Norwell, also the Cargill Investment (China) Ltd president. Since the antitrust law was a new law, Coca-Cola's case would test the regulations, he noted. His view was shared by Coca-Cola's Li. "Accurate laws clarify the investors concept of the procedures. It could also help to create a healthier investment environment and encourage more foreign investment." The case would also help China to detail the law for future protection of some important domestic markets, said Li Fei, a Xiamen University economics professor. The acquisition was considered to be a big step for the soft drink giant to explore its non-carbonated drinks market in China when the rate of carbonated drinks share had slowed. Last year, Coca-Cola launched its Minute Maid juice brand in China as part of its expansion into the nation's fruit and vegetable drinks business. The category was valued at $10.6 billion in 2007, while carbonated drinks were $7.4 billion, according to Euromonitor figures. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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