According to a news broadcast on Rossiya 24 TV channel, the volume of goods imported to Russia through parallel imports may exceed 20 billion dollars by the end of the year from the moment it is implemented. declaration Vladimir Bulavin, Head of the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS).
“The decision was taken at the beginning of May, and during this time 2.4 million tons of goods were imported, worth over $20 billion,” Bulavin said.
According to him, cars, machine tools, equipment and production lines were brought to Russia, first of all, through parallel imports. There are also light industry products. All this has a stabilizing effect on market prices.
He added that the parallel import regime did not affect the growth of counterfeit products in the market. In addition, the customs officer has struggled with this product and will continue to do so. For example, more than 7 million counterfeit products have been seized so far.
At the end of November, Bulavin spoke at the Federation Council. declarationHe said that 9 billion dollars worth of critical goods were imported to Russia through parallel imports in the period of May-October 2022.
Source: Gazeta
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