Assessment and recommendations

This assessment identifies distortions to competition in Mexican federal legislation and proposes recommendations for removing regulatory barriers to competition in two sectors of the Mexican economy: the vertical chain of production for medicines (production, wholesale, retail) and meat products (animal feed, growing of animals, slaughterhouses, wholesale, retail). It identifies and analyses 176 potential regulatory restrictions, and makes 107 specific recommendations to remove potential barriers and increase competition. Benefits from increased competition will include lower prices, and greater choice and variety for consumers. This report identifies the sources of those benefits and, where possible, provides quantitative estimates. If the particular quantified restrictions are lifted and the expected effects are realised, the OECD has calculated a positive effect for the Mexican economy of at least MXN 10 228.7 million, which could rise to MXN 44 161.9 million.