Reshetnikov: goods worth $9 billion have already been delivered to Russia as part of parallel imports

He said this while speaking at a joint meeting of the State Duma committees on economic policy and control.

“Parallel import worked well.

More than 1.3 million tons of goods worth $9.3 billion were imported. This helped support consumer demand, primarily in the non-food market: household appliances, household chemicals, ”TASS quotes him.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, said that the volume of parallel imports in 2022 is projected at $20 billion.

On September 7, Manturov also announced that the parallel import mechanism would be extended for the whole of 2023.