On August 7, 2014 the Russian Government issued its Resolution in execution of Russian President’s Decree No. 560 of August 6, 2014, establishing the list of agricultural and food products prohibited for importation into Russia, if the jurisdiction of origin of which is the EU, US, Canada, Australia or Norway (i.e. those that have imposed Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russian citizens and companies). The Resolution comes into force starting from the date of its official publication (the date is still unknown, but should likely follow soon) and will be effective for one year.
Please see the list below of banned products and their HS codes:
|
HS Code |
Product’s name*,*** |
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0201 |
meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled; |
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0202 |
meat of bovine animals, frozen |
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0203 |
meat of swine, fresh, chilled of frozen; |
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0207 |
meat and edible offal of the poultry mentioned in heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen; |
|
from 0210** |
meat (salted, in brine, dried or smoked) |
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0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308 |
fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates; |
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0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406 |
milk and dairy produce; |
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0701, 0702 00 000, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707 00, 0708, 0709, 0710, 0711, 0712, 0713, 0714 |
edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; |
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0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0813 |
fruit and nuts; |
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1601 00 |
sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products; |
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1901 90 110 0, |
Prepared foodstuffs, including cheese and curb based on vegetable oil; |
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2106 90 920 0, |
Foodstuffs (containing milk, based on vegetable oils). |
Notes:
* – for the purposes of this list please refer to the Customs Classification (HS) Codes of the Customs Union only, the verbal names of the products are given merely for convenience;
** – for the purposes of this position please refer to the Customs Classification (HS) Codes of the Customs Union as well as to the product’s name;
*** – except baby food
