Deliveries of electronic products to the Russian Federation through parallel imports may cause their shortage in the EAEU countries – Kommersant

Currently, local sellers are sending surpluses to the Russian Federation through parallel imports, explained the publication’s source in the distribution market. “But as demand in domestic markets will increase from August with the start of the school season and last until the New Year holidays, they may start to reject shipments to Russian companies,” he said.

The EAEU no longer has free stocks that can be shipped to the Russian Federation, confirmed Alexey Pogudalov, business director of Holodilnik.ru. The EAEU market is smaller than the Russian market, the expert added, players will not sell electronics in the Russian Federation to their detriment, balancing “the desire to earn money and the need to provide goods to their countries.”

The number of search queries for the purchase of various goods through parallel imports in July increased by 436% compared to June and by 1028% in May 2022, data from the Yandex Wordstat service showed, calculated by StopPhish.

At the same time, an earlier survey by the Oprosso service showed that one in four Russians cannot distinguish counterfeit products from original products imported through parallel imports.

Parallel import into Russia is the import of goods manufactured by the manufacturer, which are legally delivered to third countries, but which the manufacturer does not allow to be imported into the territory of the Russian Federation. The authorities legalized it from June until the end of 2022.