Deputies of the Moscow region initiated a project to introduce quotas on product imports in Russian stores. In the future, according to the deputies, the share of foreign goods at grocers is not exceed 50 percent. The law could affect all retailers.
Deputy of the regional Duma of the Moscow region Nikitai Chaplin, who is one of the authors of the amendments to the law on “trade”, also said that it was the repeated appeals from domestic producers, who said that they were being discriminated against by networks, that inspired the idea.
The countries of Belarus and Kazakhstan have also fallen under the category of “importing countries”.
“After the sanctions were implemented, trade networks are simply replacing some imported goods on their shelves with other (imported goods). For example, European and Brazilian goods. Russian producers are not winning as a result of the accepted government measures,” Chaplin said.
Andrey Karpov, executive director of The Retail Companies Association, said: “in Russia, there are not enough domestic producers that could ensure trade networks of the quality of their products as well as the security of supply, which often leaves much to be desired”.
The share of goods imported by premium-class supermarkets currently amounts to no less than 65 percent. For other trade outlets, the share of imported goods is about 50 percent.