The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said that contact lenses could be included in the list for parallel imports. It has been reported TASS.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade states, “In case of interruption of the supply of contact lenses, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia will immediately consider the issue of including the products of the discontinued brands in the list of parallel imports.” aforementioned.
Earlier, radio station Kommersant FM, citing a description of market participants knowledgeableRussia may experience a shortage of contact lenses. The material shows that suppliers of Johnson & Johnson products, which also sell the American lenses Acuvue Oasys and Acuvue True Eyes, began to send market players notices about the suspension of imports of their products into the Russian Federation, resulting in a decrease in price. the number of spectacle lens analogues of several brands has doubled.
Prior to this, it became known that the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation will reduce the list of brands that are allowed to be imported into Russia for parallel import, that is, without the consent of the copyright holder.