Declaration of conformity Gost R, Sanitary certificate of Custom Union and export of wine to Russia

In the figure, it is possible to observe how the wine exports to Russia between 2007 and 2010, are extensive and come from many countries. For this reason it is essential that producers-exporters worldwide were aware of what are the steps needed to export wine to Russia.
Since this is a blog dedicated to the GOST R for Russia is obviously in our interest to focus on the certification system in force for trading wine (like any other drink containing alcohol). First it is necessary to specify that the required certificates for wine, wine products and other alcoholic beverages are not discriminative measures of the Russian Federation with the aim of hindering the import of not domestic products, but are directed to any product that aims to end up on the shelves of Russian stores.

Two certification process should be dealt with: the first is obtaining the declaration of conformity GOST R and the subsequent registration of the alcoholic  products  in the Russian Federation in accordance with federal law. This phase is relatively simple, are usually required one or two days, and its validity that may vary, according to the customer requirements, from single delivery and 5 years.
The second phase of certification instead is more laborious and costly it is to obtain the Health certification EurAsEC Customs Union. As already discussed on this blog before, the health certificate EurAsEc has a validity that extends beyond Russia, also to Kazakhstan and Belarus and above all is not burdened by expiry as it does GOST certificates for Russia in general.
The Health Certification of the Union includes a series of tests and inspections directly to products and packaging with the aim of ensuring security and clarity for consumers.

Gost R, Technical Regulation, custom duties and export of wine to Russia

The Customs Service of the Russian Federation in accordance with agreements with the countries of the EU provides a mutual exchange of information, among many others, also with regard to exports to Russia of wine and wine products in general. The latest figures that have reached the databases of the Russian authorities have information on ordinary wine products from France, Italy, Spain and Germany.

The first exchange of this kind of information was initiated by EU customs authorities of the Russian Federation in 2007. After four years and many changesin the field of alcohol, among others, the new technical regulations (GOST Rvariant) of the customs union EurAsEC on the safety of alcohol, it was natural toinclude the measures of customs administrations in Russia and in Europe .
The customs authorities are concentrating their efforts towards the prevention ofunderreporting value at the customs and then an underestimation of the tax baseby importers who seek to create conditions to profit from evasion of customs duties and taxes.

In all cases the work performed by the customs authorities should not influence theprice mechanisms in the domestic market of the Russian Federation, entirely determined by other factors, making only, more complicated scam with thecustoms and revenue for speculators smaller.

It should be emphasized that most of the costs related to imports of wine productsis due as a payment of VAT, which however is then returned to importers to the budget.

Some market participants seeking to exploit every opportunity to advertisealcoholic products and create a strong demand, probably too much, sending false information on the situation created by the customs administration to the media.

We must also point out that such actions are contrary to Art. 21 of the Federal Law "On advertising", which prohibits the advertising of alcohol products on television, radio and movies.