What's the story with parallel imports to Russia?
Let's explain in simple terms.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to abolish liability for parallel imports - that is, companies will be able to import goods into Russia without the permission of the copyright holder.
[emoji3502]Any goods or only according to the list of very necessary - the government will think.
That is, if a certain Western company announced its withdrawal from Russia, its goods can be bought in another country, and then imported into Russia for sale - even without the permission of this company.
Pros:
- lower product prices
- expansion of the range
Minuses:
- weakening quality control
- decrease in the quality of after-sales support
What is important:
[emoji3502] In the EAEU countries, there is already a procedure in which a product imported with the permission of the copyright holder into the territory of any of the participating countries can then freely circulate throughout the entire EAEU.
That is, even now no one interferes with importing goods, for example, to Kazakhstan, and then selling it to Russia.
[emoji3502] If parallel imports are legalized in the Russian Federation, then the products of companies that slammed the Russian door can enter the Russian Federation through Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan. Or Ethiopia, for example. From anywhere.
[emoji3502]For this whole story to work, you need the agreement of all the member countries of the EAEU. Plans to legalize parallel imports from the FAS RF were born back in 2014, but not all EAEU countries agree with this.