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Contrary to the predictions of the online trade also has become a victim of coronaries. According to Michael mishustina, in the first half of 2020, the volume of international parcels was reduced by a quarter. Affected by the decline in the tax-free threshold of import of goods from 500 to 200 Euro, and restricting international flights of coronavirus. Now the government took a pause, thinking of how to make money on online shopping abroad by reducing delivery time.

Pandemic coronavirus saved the Russians from rising taxes for online shopping abroad. On the previously adopted plan July 2020 the threshold for tax-free orders have been reduced from 200 to 100 euros, and from 1 January 2021 up to 50 euros. Exceeds this limit the amount customers would have to pay 15%. However, due to the coronavirus crisis, the government decided to defer all the issues associated with lowering of the level of duty free cross-border trade until next year. Moreover, as it became clear at a meeting with mishustina, shopping abroad do not the rich. For the months of isolation, more than 80% of purchases abroad, according to the Ministry of communications, had on the segment from 100 to 2 thousand roubles that speaks volumes about the “social portrait of the buyers.” And every year on foreign Internet sites products purchase 40 million Russians. “Our goal is to support the development of cross-border online trade, to provide citizens the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of goods from any country in the world”, — said the Prime Minister.

it is Noteworthy that in the last months of the Medvedev Cabinet set other goals: officials wanted to purchase were not performed on foreign and domestic platforms. Russian Internet stores lobbied for a reduction in the threshold duty-free (last year it was € 500, not 200), though experts have proven that they care not about government revenues, and about their own margins. Because the cost of the same goods from Russian sellers, generally 3-4 times higher than foreigners.

However, to delay a further reduction in the duty-free threshold of power caused not only the crisis, but the position of the partners in the Eurasian economic Union (EAEU), which includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. They impose similar restrictions on the amount of purchases synchronously with Russia is not going to. On the contrary, expect to earn on mediation. “Comprehensive control over commodity protokami on our borders does not exist,” as recognized by the government.

While the debate continues within the EAEU, Ministry of communications invites the authorities to use another channel of import of goods for personal use — customs warehouses, in which providers will be able to create stocks of products which are in great demand among Russians. PRunzip their actions is that customs duties and taxes are not paid upon receipt of goods for storage, and the purchase of their ultimate customers-physical persons. Although the standard VAT and customs duty in this case will be charged for any purchase amount, officials believe that the scheme will attract buyers due to the substantial reduction of delivery time. Now parcels from foreign online store, you have to wait at least 7-10 days, and in some cases about a month. (During a pandemic due to the reduction of air service standard delivery times have increased significantly.) If the goods are consolidated in a warehouse in the Russian Federation, in Moscow the order will ship within one day after clicking on the online storefront. And in the towns of Central Russia for a day or two.

“the Use of customs warehouses can seriously intensify cross-border online trade, if done competently,” supported the initiative of the Prime Minister. According to mishustina, the sellers in this scheme can reduce a number of costs and to ensure stable demand, and the government will increase the transparency of transactions and increase of customs duties. In addition, it will be possible to re-export the imported goods to other countries. It is expected that an experimental warehouse hubs, which at the first stage it was decided to create in Moscow suburbs and Novosibirsk, will come into force in February.