Competition Enforcement Budgets

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Country 2003 Annual Budget (USD)[1] 2006 Annual Budget (USD) 2007 Annual Budget (USD)
Albania N/A[2]
Algeria $1,518,300
Argentina $200,000 $766,000
Armenia $126,740 $470,586
Australia $38,000,000[3] A$99,254,000[4]
Austria $1,000,000[5]
Barbados $2,000,000
Belgium $180,000 €190,000[6]
Brazil $5,625,000[7] $7,460,000[8]
Bulgaria $682,570 $1,610,520
Canada $32,400,000[9] $40,400,000
Chile $1,950,000 $3,560,000
Colombia $6,996,800 $15,000,000
Croatia N/A[10]
Cyprus $567,222
Czech Republic $2,059,715
Denmark $8,300,000[11]
Estonia $711,200
European Union $63,670,000
Finland $807,410
France $69,001,405
Germany $17,393,760[12]
Greece $4,598,000
Iceland $1,960,000
India $1,078,500[13]
Indonesia $2,800,000
Ireland $4,260,000
Israel $4,459,267
Italy $32,000,000
Jamaica $596,000
Japan $51,900,000
Kenya $320,000
Korea $22,500,000
Latvia $3,480,000
Lithuania $796,660
Luxembourg N/A[14]
Macedonia N/A[15]
Malta $39,062
Mexico $14,000,000
Netherlands $22,000,000[16]
New Zealand $10,150,000
Niger N/A[17]
Norway $9,000,000[18]
Pakistan $508,000
Panama $900,000[19]
Peru $10,000,000
Philippines $179,200
Poland $5,303,312
Portugal N/A[20]
Romania $1,652,709
Russian Federation $8,200,000[21]
Serbia & Montenegro $80,000
Singapore N/A[22]
Slovak Republic $1,115,337
Slovenia $428,578
South Africa $8,000,000
Spain $2,700,000
Sri Lanka N/A[23]
Sweden $9,000,000
Switzerland $4,500,000
Turkey $60,000,000[24]
Ukraine N/A[25]
United Kingdom $101,682,682[26]
United States $309,000,000[27]
Uzbekistan $500,000[28]
Zambia $200,000
Zimbabwe $2,181,818

Notes

  1. Unless otherwise specified, all data is from Global Competition Review Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies, corresponding to the appropriate year.
  2. Budget varies according to how much funding is required for other departments within the Albanian Government.
  3. For the financial year 2002/2003.
  4. ACCC's total funding for the financial year from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.
  5. Not the final amount, does not include budget of Cartel Court.
  6. Housing, equipment and wages are not included, but are paid for by the federal budget.
  7. Amount does not include salaries, expenditure on which is allocated through other entities of the Federal Government.
  8. Sum total of the budgets for the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, the Secretariat of Economic Law of the Ministry of Justice and the Secretariat of Economic Surveillance of the Ministry of Finance.
  9. Bureau had an annual operating budget of $21.3 million. In addition, $7.5 million in temporary funding adjustment was provided for additional operational requirements.
  10. Enforcement agency exists, but budget unknown.
  11. Danish Competition Authority also deals with cases involving Public Procurement, State Aid and Energy Regulation–amount listed is for the part dealing with competition cases.
  12. Converted from 15.04 million Euros as of the currency rate on July 2, 2003 (1 Euro = US$1.15650). http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic?user=printable&exch=EUR&value=1&expr=USD&date_fmt=us&margin_fixed=0&date=07/02/03&lang=en
  13. Converted from 50 million Indian Rupees as of the currency rate on July 2, 2003 (1 Indian Rupee = US$0.02157). http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic?user=printable&exch=INR&value=1&expr=USD&date_fmt=us&margin_fixed=0&date=07/02/03&lang=en
  14. Competition Commission does not have a specific budget.
  15. Monopoly Authority is a body within the Ministry of Economy and has no separate budget.
  16. Total budget of $34 million of which competition departments (minus the Office of Energy Regulation) accounts for approximately $22 million.
  17. Agency uses money from the state budget, which changes from year to year.
  18. Annual budget of 2002.
  19. Figure is only an estimate given wage and associated administrative disbursements of the Commissioners and officials working on competition issues. Total budget is around $3.7 million, due to institution having other responsibilities such as consumer affairs and international trade (protective measures and unfair trade practices).
  20. Currently undergoing comprehensive reform both at institutional and substantive and procedural levels.
  21. Annual budget of 2001.
  22. Singapore takes a sectoral approach to competition law with sector-specific competition frameworks.
  23. Fair Trading Commission and Department of Internal Trade are going through a transitional period.
  24. Annual Report On Competition Policy Developments in Turkey 2003. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/20/34722510.pdf
  25. Enforcement agency exists, but budget unknown.
  26. Sum of Competition Commission budget of $21.5 million and Office of Fair Trading budget of $80,182,682.
  27. Sum of Antitrust Division budget of $133 million and Federal Trade Commission budget of $176 million.
  28. Annual budget of 2002.