200 fake shoe factories were found around Sadovoda

According to the documents, half of the shoe manufacturers in Moscow are located near the Sadovod market. It was there that 200 of the 450 shoe factories registered in the city were discovered. Only in reality they do not exist, said Anton Alikhanov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. This became clear during the inspections, which were carried out on behalf of the Cabinet of Ministers.

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"We are currently conducting an experiment approved at the government level, which checks the availability of production from light industry enterprises, manufacturers of shoes, perfumes and other goods, with a total of five groups. What did the first results show? We have already analyzed them: it turned out that there are a large number of companies operating in Russia that claim to be manufacturers, but in fact, they are probably illegally or semi-legally importing goods into our country. Here they register a legal entity with the profile "production", but in reality there are no factories," he explained.

The experiment showed that the authorities have the computing power to assess the company's risk profile, and the next step on this path may be a return to state control, the minister explained. He noted that in the future, this approach could be extended to all goods in order to prevent the possibility of sales to unscrupulous importers. According to the ministry, the share of sales of their products in the country may account for up to 40% of the market.

The identified companies without their own production create unequal conditions in the market, domestic manufacturers are unable to compete with shoes that were illegally imported without paying duties and taxes, the Russian Union of Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers emphasized. It also carries a huge risk for customers: products may be unsafe and may not meet the requirements of technical regulations.

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They caught up with the pair: 200 fake shoe factories were discovered around the Sadovod market