If you are exporting to Russia, you probably know all about Russia’s new law, obligating certain products to have the individual honest digital mark. The digital individual mark should be placed on each piece which is sold in Russia. At the beginning of 2019, it was only tobacco. Slowly but certainly, more products were added to the list. 

Obligated products - timeline

In this timeline, you can see which products are obligated at the moment and which ones will be obligated in the nearby future.

 

• March 2019 
  Registration has begun in the marking system of shops and manufacturers engaged in the production and turnover of tobacco products

• June 2019 
  The information system for marking fur products has been transferred to the National Digital Marking System Honest SIGN
  
  
• July 2019  
  Compulsory labeling of shoe products, an experiment on the labeling of perfumes and toilet water, as well as registration of turnover participants for working with drugs from the list of high-cost nosologies began

• September 2019 
  An experiment of wheelchairs is conducted from September 1, 2019 to June 1, 2021

• December 2019  
  Perfumes and toilet water, most light industry products, cameras and tires will be marked

• January 2020  
  Compulsory labeling of drugs begins

 

Tailor made solutions

Mainfreight fulfills all requirements that are specified by the Russian government. Due to our own developed open system, we are extremely flexible and can support you with a tailor made solution. In our process, we have several automatic and manual checks to make sure that the right label is attached on your products.

We are here to assist

So are you exporting to Russia but not aware of all the new requirements? Mainfreight is here to answer all your questions or support you with your freight. Contact us by sending an email to russia@nl.mainfreight.com.