Alcohol and electronics were most often imported into Russia.

More often, electronics and household appliances are imported to Russia in parallel, Artem Vaskanyan, Deputy General Director for Logistics at NC Logistic, a 3PL operator, told Izvestia.

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The import of automobile spare parts has also increased, which may indicate an aging fleet in the face of the departure of many foreign manufacturers. Alcoholic beverages of world brands are also being imported in parallel.

"There is an increase in import substitution in many industries. The difficulties associated with parallel imports are pushing Russian businesses to reorient towards domestic suppliers and increase their own production capacities. This trend is confirmed by an analysis of the structure of international cargo transportation. For example, in the textile industry, the share of supplies of finished products is decreasing relative to the share of raw materials. The volume of clothing imports, previously imported into the country by the ton, has decreased significantly," he said.

This is due to the fact that Russian garment factories have resumed their activities. Due to the rising costs of parallel imports, domestic production is once again becoming profitable.

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Textile appearance: parallel import of clothes to Russia decreased