OREANDA-NEWS  The Russian importer Global Import has submitted a declaration of conformity for serial shipments of beer from the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Brazil from brands not previously represented on the domestic market. This is reported by RBC with reference to the relevant declarations posted in the Rosaccreditation database.

We are talking about the light beer Striped Horse with a strength of 5 percent and Devil's Peak with a strength of 4 percent from South African Signal Hill Products, as well as the South American Yellow Hops with a strength of 4.8 percent, which is produced by Industria Nacional De Bebidas.

The expansion of the geography of beer imports from abroad - earlier, for example, Russian importers announced the supply of beer from the Dominican Republic and Vietnam — is associated with an increase in import duties on this type of low—alcohol products from countries unfriendly to the Russian Federation from 0.1 to 1 euro per liter in 2025. Experts also associate the planned steps of retailers with the desire to "surprise the consumer." "Such supplies will not be able to significantly increase the volume of imported beer in Russia, they will still be extremely small, within a few percent of the market. But the exotic is always interesting," says the director of the Center for Research on Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets (CIFRA) Vadim Drobiz.

Earlier this week it became known that Russia will impose increased duties on perfumes, powder and a number of other names of perfumery and cosmetics products supplied from unfriendly states. At the same time, some of its species from Italy and France will be subject to duties of 20 percent rather than 35 percent.