The survey showed that more than a third (34%) of Russians shop in foreign online stores, so a possible reduction or removal of the limit on duty-free purchases from abroad would be noticed by them kp.ru. 2.7 thousand people attended.
16% of those surveyed stated that they would have to seriously reduce purchases in this case. They explained that they usually buy cheap goods abroad in this way, their analogues are more expensive in Russia. The other 12% stated that they would have to stop buying products abroad altogether because they were not willing to pay customs duty on every product.
At the same time, 6 percent of survey participants expressed their belief that even after the removal of duty-free sales limits, the cost of many foreign products will still be lower. In this regard, they think that they will not have to give up shopping from online stores abroad.
At the same time, 66 percent of Russians stated that they still do not shop abroad.
“I don’t order anything Chinese. “The wait is too long, I would rather pay more and get everything I need right away,” the participant shared.
He was reported to be in Russia on February 13. discussed The problem of reducing the duty-free import limit of goods purchased from foreign online stores. In particular, various options for changing the current norm were evaluated. Among the proposals made were: maintaining the €1,000 threshold as it currently is; Discount to €500 or €200; removing the cap altogether and then introducing a tax.
Previously in Russia taken into account the possibility of relating taxes to world prices.