Tokyo. File photoTOKYO, Apr 19 Japan's new package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a ban on imports from Russia of 38 types of goods, comes into force on Tuesday. The corresponding decision was made by the government of Japan. The list includes alcohol and appliances, wood and other goods. Their total value when imported into Japan was 15 billion yen ($118 million). In fact, this is the first ban on the import of goods from Russia.The US Department of the Treasury named the next target of anti-Russian sanctions. The main imports subject to the ban are veneer — last year it was imported in the amount of 8.48 billion yen (about $ 67 million), pine wood and wood chips in the amount of 1.34 billion yen (1 million dollars), engine parts for ships and aircraft — 5.26 billion yen (41.5 million dollars), cars and motorcycles — 120 and 110 million yen respectively (about $ 1 million each), beer worth about 11 .8 million yen ($93,000) and vodka worth 37.3 million yen ($294,000) and others. At the same time, imports of goods for which contracts were concluded before the ban came into force will be valid until July 18. Imports to Japan from Russia, according to the Ministry of Finance, last year amounted to 1.55 trillion yen (12.2 billion dollars). Thus, the share of prohibited imports is only 1.1%. However, these amounts do not take into account the damage caused by sanctions to certain sectors of the economy. Thus, according to Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc., the dependence on Russian veneer in the Japanese market is about 60%, and wood chips for paper production — 4%.China spoke about crazy US sanctions and threats against RussiaThe sanctions list did not include a ban on fish and seafood — their share in monetary terms is 8.9% of Japan's imports, a ban on these types of goods would deal a serious blow to Japanese catering and processing enterprises .Japan has introduced several packages of sanctions against Russia. In particular, it excluded Russia from the most favored nation trade regime and imposed a ban on the export of more than 300 goods to Russia, including semiconductors, radars, sensors, lasers and other equipment, as well as luxury cars and luxury goods. The Prime Minister of Japan promised to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources, in particular, to gradually reduce coal imports. Japan's sanctions list against Russia includes 499 names and more than 160 organizations from Russia, including 9 largest banks. Japan also imposed personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration and Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov and others.
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