Eurostat, an unexpected increase in the supply of wine from the EU to Russia 08:52

In February, the European Union sharply increased its wine supply to Russia. This was reported Ria Novosti Reference to Eurostat data.

At the end of winter, the sales of European wine in the Russian Federation was 7.5 thousand tons, which was 14% higher than it was in January. This is the maximum value since November last year.

According to Eurostat, wine shipment increased the largest suppliers in February. The highest sales grew from Poland to 1.2 thousand tons, from Italy and Portugal – up to 2.8 thousand 878 tons.

Germany is the only major wine supplier that reduces wine sales among EU countries. In February, the exports of the beverage to the Russian market fell 2.3 times and became 230 tons.

In total, the Russian Federation companies acquired € 28 million in January for € 25.3 million from EU countries. Russia compensates for the decline in imports with its own production.

Before that, the Director of the High School of Economics (HSE) Georgy Ostapkovich Center for Conjunctural Research announcedIn Russia, the prices of the products of foreign brands that abandoned the country after the beginning of 2022 may be reduced soon. He remembered that the goods were delivered to the Russian Federation through parallel imports through dealers. Therefore, the costs are 30-40%higher.

Expert, direct materials will become cheaper products, he said. And if their production is assigned in Russia, the prices will be even lower.

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