Clicac had originally ruled that the Bavaria takeover would inhibit competition and in response to the appeal said: “In no way has the company (Bavaria) been able to show in its appeal that the cost savings made from the transaction would be transferred to the consumer or that there would competition to discipline the market.” The commission added that the takeover would cost Panamanian consumers up to $23m a year in higher beer prices.

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