In the spring of 2022 Russia introduced 20 to 50 percent duties on goods from "unfriendly" countries. But business found a way to bypass it. — any dishonest importers avoid paying duty, for example, by transferring production to friendly countries or simply sending goods from there," noted the president of the State Duma's tiny and average Enterprises Commission Alexander Demin.
— Now, let’s say, clothing from France becomes Serbian or Chinese, and trim tiles from Italy — Turkish, but seemingly This gap is now closing “an worker of a large abroad trade firm explains.
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In consequence to specified practices, the Ministry of manufacture and Trade is developing a fresh initiative. “It assumes that during customs clearance, in addition to the country of production, the beneficiary of the trademark under which the goods are produced will be taken into account,” said deputy chief Anton Alichanov. According to him, this issue will be addressed by the Customs and Tariff Subcommittee Working Group chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Aleksander Nowak.
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The Minister is convinced that this thought is technically feasible. — For our part, we do not see any serious obstacles, but we will request the opinion of Rospatent and FTS colleagues. They'll be the ones administering it. any nuances may request to be taken into account, but we are ready and the working group will be on the subject shortly,” said Alichanov.
If the initiative is adopted, Russian consumers face another wave of price increasesthe importers claim. Today, increased tariffs of 20-50 percent apply to tens of types of goods — from beer, perfume, and coats to metallurgical products, batteries, automobile trailers, and fighting.
Importers complain that this list can be changed at any time virtually without restriction. Customs duties are introduced under government regulations, the last of which was issued on 5 September: margaritas, bananas, nuts and certain types of natural water were added to the list.
The Russian authorities have seriously engaged in deliveries of western goods to Russia in order to repair the budget, the "hole" of which, according to the estimates of the Ministry of Finance, will be 5.7 trillion rubles this year (266 billion PLN). From March 2026 tiny and medium-sized enterprises trading imported goods on trading platforms will gotta pay VAT.
