Partial lifting of export restrictions in Russia (amendments to Governmental Decrees Nos. 311 and 312 dated 9 March 2022)
On 12 May 2023, new regulations came into force amending Governmental Decrees Nos. 311 and 312 dated March 9, 2022 ("Decrees 311/312"). The Decrees imposed a temporary ban on the exportation from Russia/Belarus of certain types of goods, including various types of products classified under either the 10-digit custom classification (HS) codes (i.e., subheadings) or entire groups of 4-6-digit HS headings and subheadings.
In accordance with Decree 312, the products in question may be exported to other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the "EAEU") on the basis of special export permits.
The new amendments introduced by Governmental Decree No. 715 dated May 6, 2023 establish a general statutory exemption under which the export ban should not apply to goods exported to non-EAEU countries for humanitarian assistance and/or prevention and elimination of natural disasters and other emergencies.
The amendments also exclude more than 200 products from the export ban imposed by Decrees 311/312, including the following*:
№ |
General description of products exempted from the export ban as of 12 May 2023 (items excluded from Decrees 311/312) |
HS codes of the products |
1. |
Medical products (medical sleeves, disposable medical products (sheets, gowns, napkins) |
6117801001 6210109200 6307909200 |
2. |
Grindstones, sharpening stones, grinding discs |
6804221200
|
3. |
Interchangeable modules for hand tools |
8207199001 8207501000 8207503000 8207506000 8207507000 8207509000 8207703100 8207703700 8207709000 820780 8207901000 8207903000 8207907100 8207907800 8207909100
|
4. |
Metal-ceramic tips for tools (plates, bars, tips) |
820900
|
5. |
Engines, propulsion systems, parts and components |
8407901000 8503009800
|
6. |
Pumping equipment |
8413704500 8413708100 8414801100 8414802800 8414807300 |
7. |
Industrial and laboratory heaters |
8419200000 |
8. |
Measuring equipment |
842310 8423900009 |
9. |
Mechanical devices (with or without manual operation) for throwing, spraying or atomizing liquids or powders, fire extinguishers, sprayers and atomizers |
8424100000 8424300800 8424890001
|
10. |
Lifting equipment (conveyors) |
8428208001 |
11. |
Mining equipment (snow ploughs, rammers) |
8430200000 8430610000 |
12. |
Paper industry equipment |
8441400000 |
13. |
Light industry equipment |
8452 (except for codes 8452101100 8452900001) 8453200000 |
14. |
Machines - grinding, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing and other finishing operations on metals or ceramics using grinding stones, abrasives or polishing agents |
8460390000 |
15. |
Production tools, equipment and components |
8467890000 8467990009 8468100000 8474390001 8474801010 8475100000 8477598000 8486305000 8486901000 |
16. |
Computing machines and their components |
8471 (except for code 8471500000) |
17. |
Valves for pipelines, boilers and similar systems and devices |
8481 (except for 8481805990 and 8481809903) |
18. |
Electrical transformers, converters and their parts |
850410 8504403008 8504405500 8504409100 |
19. |
Electrical machines, equipment |
8506 |
20. |
Electric batteries |
8507102001 8507108001 8507302001 |
21. |
Smartphones and wireless devices |
8517110000 8517180000 8517691000 8517692000 8517693100 8517699000 |
22. |
Storage devices, media, smartcards |
8523210000 8523291502 8523293101 8523293301 852352 8523591000 8523599101 8523599300 |
23. |
Transmitting equipment for radio or television broadcasting |
8525811900 8525899109 |
24. |
Receiving equipment |
8527 (except for 8527212009) |
25. |
Monitors and projectors
|
8528423009 8528429009 8528521000 8528523009 8528529009 8528591008 8528599009 8528623000 852862900 852869 852871 8528721000 8528722001 8528724000 8528726000 8528730000 |
26. |
Liquid crystal panels and audio electrical equipment |
8531209500 8531809500 |
27. |
Electrical equipment |
8535100000 8535210000 8535290000 8535400000 853590000 |
28. |
Electronic cathode tubes |
8540110001 8540110009 8540120000 8540400000 |
29. |
Semiconductor cathode devices |
8541300009 8541430000 |
30. |
Electrical machines and equipment |
8543703008 854370500 8543708000 |
31. |
Equipment for railway lines (switches and switches) |
860800000 |
32. |
Lenses for cameras and projectors, fiber optics products |
900140 900150 9002110000 |
33. |
Tools for drawing and mathematical calculations |
9017109000 9017201000 9017203900 9017300000 901780 |
34. |
Medical devices and equipment |
9018491000 9018901000 |
35. |
Orthopedic devices |
902121 902129000 9021399000 |
36. |
Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, other devices and equipment for measuring electrical quantities |
9030310000 903033 9030840009 |
*The exportation of certain types of goods, depending on their characteristics and designation, may be subject to other types of export restrictions and may require export permission documents (for example, under the Russian export control or the EAEU encryption regulations, etc.).
Alexander Bychkov, Partner, Moscow
Vladimir Efremov, Partner, Moscow
Maxim Kalinin, Partner, St. Petersburg