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From September 1, labeling fines will be issued without a protocol.

From September 1, 2026, decisions on administrative cases will begin to be formed automatically — based on the data of the "Fair Sign", without a protocol and the participation of the violator. The mechanism is already operating in a pilot mode in all regions, so far without fines. The amounts reach up to 500 thousand rubles.

Customs and International Trade

Cards without the Data Matrix code will be withdrawn from issue on August 1.

611 03.08

August began with a catalog purge. Wildberries and Ozon have launched automatic verification of product cards and have begun hiding and blocking items from the issue without Data Matrix codes, valid certificates and declarations of conformity, as well as without instructions in Russian. Sellers have been given until the end of August for health products.

Marketplaces

Certificates in the cards: one month before the deadline, 40 sites have been activated

1,336 30.07

Almost 40 trading platforms have joined the Rosaccreditation service for automatic verification of permits. The functionality was created for marketplaces and online stores: from September 1, 2026, the placement of links to valid certificates and declarations in product cards becomes mandatory. There is a month left until the deadline.

Customs and International Trade

Fesco reduced container clearance in Vladivostok

298 29.07

Due to digitalization, Fesco Transport Group has reduced the total processing time for container shipments through the Vladivostok Commercial Seaport by 39 hours. The release time after filing the declaration has more than tripled to seven hours. The transfer of containers to the railway was automated separately, which gave another 20 hours of savings.

Cargo transportation

From July 31, seals will become mandatory for almost all autotransite

2,094 23.07

After eight days, the list of cargoes under navigation seals will expand to almost the entire auto-transit through the EAEU. Since February, the devices have been used for alcohol, tobacco, sanctioned goods and electronics, but since July 31, almost any goods traveling by road under the customs transit procedure have been monitored. Carriers should schedule the procedure before the end of the month.

Cargo transportation

Kaliningrad has retained all types of transit, and sea transportation has increased 5-fold.

2,032 20.07

The governor of the Kaliningrad Region told Vedomosti that all three types of transit — automobile, rail and sea - have been preserved in the region. At the same time, the volume of road and rail transportation under sanctions pressure is decreasing annually, and coastal sea transportation by 2026 has increased almost fivefold compared to the beginning of 2022.

Cargo transportation

India has opened a window for correcting turnover in GST — only until July 31

1,757 19.07

From July 1 to July 31, 2026, a window was opened on the GSTN portal to correct the Aggregate Annual Turnover for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The tax authorities will check the corrected data from August 1 to August 15. For Indian companies with discrepancies in reporting, this is the last opportunity to adjust the figures before they are automatically blocked in the system.

Economy

Starting from October 1, there is only one day to fix the error in the DPP.

493 16.07

Starting from October 1, 2026, the current notification of the import of goods in the SPOT system will be replaced by a document on the upcoming delivery — DPP. The key difference for the practice of declarants is that they are given only one working day to correct errors in the submitted data. For importers from the EAEU countries, this means the need to bring the accuracy of filling in data to automaticity even before the transition date.

EDI and IT in Logistics

The Ministry of Industry and Trade may reduce the discount on electric vehicles from 35% to 10%

616 16.07

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is considering reducing the discount on the purchase of electric vehicles and hybrids from the current 35% to 10%. The exact date of the change's entry into force has not yet been announced. For importers of electric vehicles, hybrids and related components, reducing subsidies by almost 3.5 times can significantly change the structure of demand in the domestic market.

Customs and International Trade

The EEC has extended zero fuel duties until June 2027

2,082 03.07

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission has extended zero rates of import customs duties on gasoline, diesel, aviation and marine fuel for another year, until June 30, 2027. The base rate without benefits is 5%. The decision was published on July 1. Additionally, zero duties were extended to additives for automobile gasoline.

Customs and International Trade

WB, Ozon and Avito gave sellers the right to refuse shares

1,071 11.06

Wildberries & Russ, Ozon and Avito have officially secured the right of sellers to refuse marketing promotions without the risk of receiving sanctions from the platform. The change was made amid massive complaints to the Federal Antimonopoly Service. Prior to this, the rejection of "automatic promotions" actually deprived the card of positions in the search. Now you can't. But at the same time, marketplaces have switched to a new strategy: they lower prices at their own expense, killing sell

Marketplaces

A road bridge has been docked on the border of Russia and the DPRK

1,588 02.06

The spans of a new automobile bridge over the Tumannaya River were connected on the Russian-North Korean border. The bridge will connect Khasan (Russia) and Tumangan (North Korea). The construction was carried out simultaneously on both sides. After the completion of the work and the opening of the checkpoint, this will be the first road crossing between the countries — until now there was only a railway connection.

Cargo transportation

WB freezes sharp price cuts: quarantine from 33%

443 18.05

Wildberries has introduced automatic price quarantine: if the seller reduces the price by more than 33.3% in one change, the card goes for verification. The new price is not applied until the verification is completed. Ozon is simultaneously testing the separation of reviews by product options — the experiment runs until May 19th. Both changes directly affect sellers' pricing tactics.

Marketplaces

Russia is preparing a market for unmanned cargo transportation

2,113 15.05

The Russian government has approved a concept for the development of the unmanned cargo transportation market. The government is starting to prepare a full-fledged infrastructure for autonomous trucks, digital corridors and new rules for the transport industry.

Cargo transportation

The head of the Federal Customs Service arrived at the border with Kazakhstan — the SPOT will be launched on time

1,653 10.05

The head of the Federal Customs Service, Valery Pikalev, personally inspected the work of mobile groups of Samara customs at Mashtakovo checkpoint, the main automobile checkpoint on the Russian-Kazakh border. The visit took place three weeks before the start of the SPOT transition period and seven weeks before the mandatory launch of the system on July 1.

Customs and International Trade

A sole proprietor with several PVZS can apply the AUSN — the Federal Tax Service gave the answer

790 09.05

The Federal Tax Service for the Primorsky Territory answered a question that worries many entrepreneurs who develop PVZ networks: does an individual entrepreneur have the right to apply an automated control system if he has several points of work in the same city? The answer is yes, I have the right. The main thing is to comply with the remaining conditions of Law No. 17-FZ. The concept of a "separate unit" does not apply to sole proprietors at all.

Marketplaces

Yandex Market relies on API — manual management is becoming a thing of the past

3,021 07.05

At the end of April, Yandex Market released detailed material on working on the platform in 2026, focusing on API and automation as a basic tool for sellers with a large assortment. At the same time, the platform published a management block for small businesses on financial discipline in the context of regulatory changes. The signal is clearly legible: manual management of thousands of SKUs becomes impossible — system integration is needed.

Marketplaces

Business requires marketplaces to be responsible for counterfeit goods from China

1,931 07.05

Thirteen top managers of Russian companies sent a letter to Mikhail Mishustin and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Federal Antimonopoly Service and Rospotrebnadzor with a package of proposals to combat counterfeiting on marketplaces. The main requirements are to oblige the sites to check product cards automatically, force foreign sellers to register a legal entity in Russia and introduce guarantee deposits to compensate copyright holders.

Marketplaces

The SPOT starts on May 1: the test and launch were postponed to June

702 16.04

The system for confirming the expectation of delivery of goods (SPOT) goes into testing from May 1 for some participants, and the launch in operating mode is announced from June 1. In parallel, the stages of industrial operation have been published since July 1. For importers, this changes the preparation of documents and the control of supplies from the EAEU, especially in the auto channel.

Customs and International Trade

Marking "Honest sign" connects the databases of departments

812 16.04

The food labeling system is expanding its integration with departmental databases to automate the verification of authenticity and legality of origin, including water from licensed wells. Amid the growth of sales through marketplaces, the focus is shifting to automatic control of certificates, declarations and labeling directly in the digital circuit.

Marketplaces

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