Zhongxin Finance, April 30. On the 30th, the National Development and Reform Commission issued an announcement clarifying that operators in the coal (domestic thermal coal) field (including operators engaged in coal production and trade, the same below) have one of the following behaviors as price gouging:
1. Fabricating price increase information.
(1) fictitious information about the shortage of coal supply or surge in market demand in the region; (2) fictitious information that other operators have or are planning to raise coal prices; (3) fictitious information about coal purchase cost; (4) fictitious information that may push Additional information on high coal price expectations.
Second, disseminate information on price increases.
(1) Spreading fabricated coal price increase information; (2) Spreading information calling or inducing other operators to increase coal prices; (3) Spreading other information that may push up coal price expectations.
Third, hoarding is strange.
After producing or purchasing coal, without justifiable reasons, it obviously exceeds the normal quantity or period of hoarding.
4. Raising prices substantially without justifiable reasons or in a disguised form.
(1) Under the circumstance that the production cost or purchase cost of coal has not increased significantly, the coal price is greatly increased for external sales or the sales increase significantly exceeds the price increase in normal years; (2) Through resale to related parties, then related parties Selling coal at a substantial price increase; (3) Forcing or inducing sales targets to entrust them to purchase high-priced coal on the grounds of tight coal supply; (4) Unreasonably increasing transportation costs or unreasonably charging other (5) While selling coal for medium and long-term transactions, the price of coal is greatly increased in disguised form by forcing the sale of spot coal at high prices.
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