Belarus fails to finally achieve access to public procurement in Russia – Ministry of Industry
<p> MINSK, Jan 12 - PrimePress. Belarus failed to reach a final agreement on the admission of its companies to public procurement in Russia, Belarusian Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik told reporters on January 12, 2021 after a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We managed to reach an agreement with our counterparts in the Russian Federation [on the admission to public procurement]. Sales of tractors, harvesters and other products of all major manufacturers have increased in the Russian market. The decision is not final yet, but our enterprises have been put on the Russian register,” SB Belarus Today daily quotes Parkhomchik as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) of Belarus said in July 2020 that Russian government’s decree No.616 issued in late April actually bans foreign industrial products from public procurement in Russia. Products manufactured in the Eurasian Economic Union were the only exception, provided that they are put on the procurement register of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and meet Russian legislation criteria (localization, use of domestic components, etc.). According to MART, the decree bars some Belarusian manufacturers from procurements in the Russian Federation. End </p>
2021-01-13
Primepress
Belarus fails to finally achieve access to public procurement in Russia – Ministry of Industry
MINSK, Jan 12 - PrimePress. Belarus failed to reach a final agreement on the admission of its companies to public procurement in Russia, Belarusian Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik told reporters on January 12, 2021 after a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko.
“We managed to reach an agreement with our counterparts in the Russian Federation [on the admission to public procurement]. Sales of tractors, harvesters and other products of all major manufacturers have increased in the Russian market. The decision is not final yet, but our enterprises have been put on the Russian register,” SB Belarus Today daily quotes Parkhomchik as saying.
The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) of Belarus said in July 2020 that Russian government’s decree No.616 issued in late April actually bans foreign industrial products from public procurement in Russia. Products manufactured in the Eurasian Economic Union were the only exception, provided that they are put on the procurement register of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and meet Russian legislation criteria (localization, use of domestic components, etc.). According to MART, the decree bars some Belarusian manufacturers from procurements in the Russian Federation. End