Finance Ministry: €100 Limit on Duty-Free Shopping
22 June 2018 (09:35)
UrBC, Moscow, June 22, 2018. Russia’s Finance Ministry suggests bringing the duty-free limit on online shopping at international stores down to €100, TASS refers to the ministry’s Tax & Customs Policy Director Alexei Sazanov as saying.
‘We are looking into different schemes, the most likely scenario being a €500 limit starting July 1 and a €200 limit starting either January 1, 2019 or July 1, 2019. A €100 limit per parcel is also a possibility,’ the official said.
According to Sazanov, a duty will get imposed on goods worth over €500 on July 1, 2018; starting from January 1, 2019, the limit will go down to €200. The current duty-free limit stands at €1,000 a month.
‘We are looking into different schemes, the most likely scenario being a €500 limit starting July 1 and a €200 limit starting either January 1, 2019 or July 1, 2019. A €100 limit per parcel is also a possibility,’ the official said.
According to Sazanov, a duty will get imposed on goods worth over €500 on July 1, 2018; starting from January 1, 2019, the limit will go down to €200. The current duty-free limit stands at €1,000 a month.
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