{"id":15417,"date":"2026-08-31T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15417"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:39:41","slug":"ccaa-monthly-august-2026-consumer-redress-market-surveillance-and-fair-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15417","title":{"rendered":"CCAA Monthly \u2013 August 2026: Consumer Redress, Market Surveillance and Fair Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August 2026 issue of\u00a0<strong>CCAA Monthly<\/strong>\u00a0highlights the CCAA\u2019s work to protect consumers, promote fair competition and strengthen market integrity across Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the month, CCAA received\u00a0<strong>41 consumer complaints<\/strong>, resolved\u00a0<strong>18 cases<\/strong>\u00a0and facilitated\u00a0<strong>Nu. 8,005.50 in refunds<\/strong>\u00a0to consumers. Its inspection teams also visited\u00a0<strong>156 businesses across Thimphu, Gasa and Punakha<\/strong>, with several businesses rectified on the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue also features important findings from CCAA\u2019s studies of&nbsp;<strong>Thimphu and Paro\u2019s craft retail sector<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Thimphu meat market<\/strong>. The craft-sector study found concerns around the sale of imported goods as locally made, guide commissions and differing prices for local and tourist customers, while the meat-market study found encouraging signs of increased price competition following CCAA\u2019s intervention on collective price fixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also featured are the return of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cAsk CCAA\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;with its third episode and the Authority\u2019s participation in the&nbsp;<strong>15-day Business Regulatory Reform consultation covering 19 Dzongkhags<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the August issue for the latest\u00a0<strong>news, data and analysis from CCAA<\/strong>. Please click the link below to review in detail: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CCAA-Monthly-August-2026.pdf\">https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CCAA-Monthly-August-2026.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The August 2026 issue of\u00a0CCAA Monthly\u00a0highlights the CCAA\u2019s work to protect consumers, promote fair competition and strengthen market integrity across Bhutan. During the month, CCAA received\u00a041 consumer complaints, resolved\u00a018 cases\u00a0and facilitated\u00a0Nu. 8,005.50 in refunds\u00a0to consumers. Its inspection teams also visited\u00a0156 businesses across Thimphu, Gasa and Punakha, with several businesses rectified on the spot. The issue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15421,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15417\/revisions\/15421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}