Trucks at the Pskov customs. File photoMOSCOW, April 21The Russian Association of International Road Carriers (ASMAP), headed by the chairman of the Transport Committee of the State Duma Yevgeny Moskvichev, in connection with the ban on transport companies from the Russian Federation to transport goods across the EU, asked the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Belousov to take retaliatory measures against companies from the EU, which at the moment, it is allowed to operate in Russia. This is stated in a letter addressed to the deputy chairman of the government, which is at the disposal of RIA Novosti.Titov assessed the consequences of restricting the movement of trucks from the EU in Russia. The EU decision of April 8, 2022, as part of the fifth package of sanctions, from April 16, companies from the Russian Federation are prohibited from calling back cargo within the EU. The letter clarifies that the total income of Russian enterprises in this direction was about 210-230 billion rubles with tax deductions of 40-45 billion. It also clarifies that similar measures have been taken in relation to Belarusian carriers. In response to these measures, Minsk banned the transportation of companies from the EU on its territory, and to continue delivering goods within the country, they use the recoupling of semi-trailers or reloading goods into Belarusian trucks. In Russia, retaliatory measures have not yet been taken, the letter states. «We kindly ask you, dear Andrey Removich, to instruct you to take retaliatory measures against the carrier of the EU countries as soon as possible, similar to the decision made in the Republic of Belarus. Such a decision will eliminate unreasonable growth in rates for the delivery of goods in the European direction, as well as to preserve the sector of Russian international road transport,» the letter says. food manufacturers urged not to ban the entry of European trucks
