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On 6 August 2014, the Kremlin announced that President Putin signed an Executive Order on special economic measures to protect the Russian Federation’s security.
According to the announcement, under the Executive Order:
Russian state bodies of power, federal authorities, local self-government bodies, legal entities established in accordance with Russian law, and physical individuals under Russian jurisdiction shall, in carrying out their activities, respect for a duration of one year following this Executive Order’s entry into force a ban or restriction on foreign economic operations involving the import to Russia of particular kinds of agricultural produce, raw materials and foodstuffs originating in countries that have decided to impose economic sanctions on Russian legal entities and/or physical individuals, or have joined such decisions.
The Russian Federation Government has been given instructions accordingly. In particular, the Government has been instructed to take measures to ensure balanced goods markets and prevent accelerating price rises for agricultural products and foodstuffs; to organise together with regional authorities timely monitoring of goods markets; and act together with associations of goods producers, retailers and organisations to take measures to increase supply of domestic goods.
The Executive Order took effect upon its signing.
List of sanctioned goods published
On 7 August 2014 the Russian Government issued its Resolution in execution of the Russian President’s Executive Order (Decree) No. 560 of 6 August 2014, establishing the list of agricultural and food products prohibited for importation into Russia, the country of origin of which is the EU, US, Canada, Australia and Norway (i.e. the countries 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 below the list of banned products and their HS codes.
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HS Code
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Product’s name*,***
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0201
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meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled;
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0202
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meat of bovine animals, frozen
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0203
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meat of swine, fresh, chilled of frozen;
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0207
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meat and edible offal of the poultry mentioned in heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen;
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from 0210**
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meat (salted, in brine, dried or smoked)
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0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308
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fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates;
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0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406
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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
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edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers;
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0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0813
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fruit and nuts;
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1601 00
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sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products;
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1901 90 110 0,
1901 90 910 0,
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Prepared foodstuffs, including cheese and curb based on vegetable oil;
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2106 90 920 0,
2106 90 980 4,
2106 90 980 5,
2106 90 980 9
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Foodstuffs (containing milk, based on vegetable oils).
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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
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