A recycling fee for a new category of foreign goods may soon appear in Russia. This includes imported electronics: smartphones, tablets, video cameras, and printed circuit boards.
This initiative was put forward at a round table in the Federation Council by representatives of several industry consortia. In their opinion, a recycling fee should be introduced for five OKPD codes. These are "portable computers and smartphones", "tablet computers", "video cameras", "image recording and playback equipment", and "assembled printed circuit boards".
We propose implementing the recycling fee according to the following scheme: the first year - only for imported equipment, the second year - for imported and domestic. But for domestic, significantly lower than imported counterparts.
The initiative has already been supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. There are no specific timeframes for the implementation of the idea yet. However, Konstantin Dolgov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council on Economic Policy, told reporters in a conversation with "Parliamentary Newspaper" that a recycling fee at the request of Russian technical industries will definitely be introduced.