The Crimean consumer market is experiencing a crisis - RBC
Moscow - Simferopol, May 20 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The customs of the peninsula has stopped allowing Ukrainian goods through, the leftovers are enough for a week, but there are still few Russian goods and they are 20-30% more expensive, writes RBC.
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Crimean customs has stopped allowing trucks with products produced on the Ukrainian mainland since Saturday, May 17, a representative of the Federal Customs Service for Crimea confirmed to RBC. Transport with products from Ukrainian suppliers that have not been accredited by the department for deliveries to Russia has accumulated at the border. The decision was made by the Crimean branches of Rosselkhoznador and Rospotrebnadozor.
According to the head of the Furshet retail chain, which has stores in Crimea, and the chairman of the board of the Trade of Crimea association, Sergei Makeev, the delay in deliveries is not yet critical for local retailers. Ideally, product certification takes about two weeks.
The general director of the Velika Kishenya chain, Igor Dushko, noted that the share of Ukrainian products occupies at least 80% of the shelves of Crimean stores, the bulk of it is supplied from the mainland, the products of Crimean producers are capable of meeting no more than 2% of needs.
Director of the consulting company FAS Alexander Lanetsky believes that Crimean stores depend on Ukrainian supplies by 90%. It is still difficult to replace Ukrainian food with Russian products: the sea delivery route will automatically add 50% of the cost to the price of the product. Russian suppliers are already negotiating with Crimean retailers, but Russian-made food products will be 20-25% more expensive.
“If it’s easy enough to integrate Auchan and Metro C&C into the system of working with Russian suppliers, then the rest need to build a new supply system,” adds Lanetsky. No one will be able to rebuild normal new logistics in less than six months, says Igor Dushko.
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