There are currently no obvious prerequisites for a shortage of consumer goods in Russia. However, Evgenia Zhukova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Rural Management at Vernadsky University, admitted in an interview with socialbites.ca that this does not exclude a shortage of certain goods in 2025.
“Russians who own European, Korean and Japanese cars may experience a shortage of spare parts. Despite the supply through parallel imports, there is still a shortage of auto parts. There are also spare parts from the Chinese automotive industry. “In connection with the draft law on tightening the circulation of e-cigarettes and completely banning their sale, e-cigarette consumers and smokers may face not only a shortage of tobacco products and their rising prices, but also bans,” the economist said.
According to her, Russians periodically experience a high demand for certain products, which is why some Russian stores experience shortages of these products. Zhukova explained that for this reason, citizens actively purchased buckwheat in the spring of 2022, and some retailers introduced restrictions on the amount of product per capita. According to her, empty shelves were observed in other stores that did not impose restrictions. Zhukova added that an influx of bananas began in Russia in the fall of 2023 after the presence of a pest – a humpback fly – in the products of the main suppliers in Ecuador. The situation was improved by the supply of bananas from India at the beginning of 2024. The expert recalled that by the end of 2023, the demand for eggs among Russians increased due to the increase in prices and the occurrence of shortages in some regions. The economist noted that in 2024, due to the May frosts in central Russia, there were some difficulties in the supply of strawberries in some regions of the country.
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Source: Gazeta
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