FTC根据 1976 年《哈特-斯科特-罗迪诺反垄断改进法案》向国会提交的年度报告第 45 次报告（2022 财年）.docx

INTRODUCTION

TheHart-Scott-RodinoAntitrustImprovementsActof1976,Pub.L.No.94-435(HSRActortheAct),togetherwithSection13(b)oftheFederalTradeCommissionActandSection15oftheClaytonAct,enablestheFederalTradeCommission(FTCorCommission)andtheAntitrustDivisionoftheDepartmentofJustice(AntitrustDivisionorDivision)topreventunlawful

mergers,acquisitions,andothertypesoftransactionsandtopreventinterimharmto

competitionassociatedwiththosetransactions.ThepremergernotificationprogramwasinstrumentalinalertingtheCommissionandtheDivisiontotransactionsthatbecamethesubjectsofthenumerousenforcementactionsbroughtinfiscalyear2022.1

TheCommissionandtheAntitrustDivisioncontinuetheireffortstoprotectcompetitionbyidentifyingandinvestigatingthosemergersandacquisitionsthatmayviolatetheantitrust

laws.Together,theFTCandtheDivisionrepresenttheAmericanpeople’sfront-linedefense

againstunlawfulindustryconsolidation,andstoppingillegalmergersiscentraltothatmission.Infiscalyear2022,3,152transactionswerereportedundertheHSRAct,whichisthesecond-highestnumberofreportedtransactionsoverthepasttenyears.Overall,thenumberof

transactionsreportedinfiscalyear2022isstillabout50%higherthanthepriorfiscalyearhighbetween2013and2020.SeeFigure1below.

1Fiscalyear2022coveredtheperiodfromOctober1,2021throughSeptember30,2022.

2

NumberofTransactions

4,000

3,500

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

HSRMergerTransactionsReported

FiscalYears2013-2022

3,520

3,152

2,111

2,1112,089

1,8321,801

1,832

1,6371,663

1,637

1,326

201320142015201620172018

FiscalYear

2019

202020212022

(Figure1)

Duringfiscalyear2022,theCommissionbrought24mergerenforcementchallenges:2eleveninwhichitissuedfinalconsentorde