Sales of Russian vaccines abroad set a record – Gazeta.Ru
December 10, 2021 02:47
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Agustin Markarian / Reuters
For ten months of 2021, Russian exports of “other vaccines for humans” (according to the classification code of the commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity 3002200009) amounted to $ 1.2 billion. 608.6 tons of drugs were sold. Writes about it RBK with reference to the data of the Federal Customs Service (FCS).
These deliveries in October were made in the amount of 356 million dollars, and this is twice as much as in September. The October result is a record in the entire history of the Russian Federation since the early 1990s. Previously, the export of vaccines never exceeded $ 71 million. This figure was recorded in 2020.
The experts explained that under the code 3002200009, vaccines against tick-borne encephalitis, combined vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and hepatitis A were sent for export.
The sharp rise in this export category began in 2021, following the start of large-scale production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The Ministry of Industry and Trade told the publication that the growth in the export of vaccines under this code is indeed mainly from anticancer vaccines on international markets. But the volume of “Sputnik V” for export has not been specified.
Mexico this year became the leader in the purchase of Russian vaccines. It purchased 39 tons for $ 121 million. Previously, this country did not figure among the largest buyers of Russian drugs.
The Ministry of Health previously confirmed the delivery of 585 thousand doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to the Central American country.
Earlier it was reported that in Russia increased demand for vaccination against coronavirus in paid clinics.