Critical goods worth $17 billion were imported into Russia through parallel imports

From May to October, 2 million tons of critical goods worth $17 billion were imported into Russia as part of parallel imports. This was announced by the head of the Federal Customs Service Vladimir Bulavin at a speech in the Federation Council.

“To enter the Russian market, the legalization of parallel imports has become important for the economy of products. From May to October, almost 2 million tons of critical goods worth almost $17 billion were imported,” Bulavin said (quoted by TASS).

September forecast Ministry of Industry and Trade, the volume of parallel imports by the end of 2022 will amount to $20 billion. Only from August to September it increased from $6.4 billion to $9.4 billion. Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service Ruslan Davydov spokethat the main volume of goods imported through parallel imports falls on electronics, appliances, goods for everyday use, clothes and perfumes.

Anastasia Larina