Nearly 8,000 premium cars were stranded in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge due to sanctions that were supposed to go to Russia. Wall Street Journal.
Vehicles, including the latest models from Lexus, Cadillac and Mercedes, arrived in Belgium from Asia in the first week of April before being shipped to Russia. The port’s car terminal manager, Mark Adriansen, explained that the cars are subject to the luxury goods ban, which limits the export of more than €50,000 vehicles to Russia. port.
Zeebrugge is one of Europe’s largest transit ports, with over two million cars passing annually.
According to port officials, more than 1,000 containers bound for Russia have been stopped. Similar measures have been taken in other European export centres.
Former EU officials announced On the ban on the export of cars worth more than 50,000 € to Russia Such restrictions affect a significant part of the premium brand range: in the Mercedes-Benz lineup, this bar has already been exceeded by some versions of the C-Class cars, and by BMW – the 3 Series.
Source: Gazeta
