The Russia Sanctions Regulations

Category limits

Type of goods

Detailed example

Goods that can not exceed a value of 300 EUR (~260 GBP) per 1 unit

• Clothing and shoes
• Accessories (bags, purses, jewellery, watches, scarves, etc.)
• Cosmetics and vitamins
• Food products
• Small goods for the home and garden
•  

A bag of 400 EUR will be confiscated by customs as the limit of 300 EUR per item has been violated.

You MAY send a handbag worth EUR 100, a skirt worth EUR 80, a scarf worth EUR 20 in one parcel (total parcel value is up to the duty-free limit 200 EUR).

Goods that can not exceed a value of 750 EUR (~650 GBP) per 1 unit

• Small electronic appliances (hairdryers, kettles, any electronics accessories)
• Musical instruments

Electronic appliances are strictly checked at customs.
All parcels are scanned at customs.

The rules are similar to the example of goods up to 300 EUR per item.

Goods with no value limit (if they are more expensive than 1000€ you need to pay the custom fee)

• Baby carriages
• Bicycles

The rules are similar to the examples of goods up to 300 EUR or 750 EUR per unit. 

Weight limit for food and groceries 

From January 20, 2025, Rosselkhoznadzor prohibits the import of animal products from European Union countries into Russia. The restrictions were imposed due to the threat of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and apply to both imports and transit of goods through the territory of Russia to other countries:

• Cheese, butter,
• Sausages, cured and smoked meats (jamon, basturma, prosciutto, salami, etc.),
• Cooked beef, pork, lamb, etc
• Dairy products
• Any other products derived from animals susceptible to the virus. 

A parcel may not contain more than 5 kg of sanctioned food:

Sanctioned products are anything that contain:

• Meat (sausages, jamon, stew etc.)
• Milk (cheese, biscuits, milk chocolate, milk chocolate sweets, etc.)
• Seafood (fish, canned tuna, etc.)

Olive oil (and other food oils) up to 5 litres for one parcel.

All other groceries can be delivered without a weight limit. 

The parcel contains 3kg of sausage, 1kg of cheese, 1kg of biscuits. The parcel can be delivered as the total weight is 5kg.

The parcel contains 3 kg of sausage, 1 kg of cheese, 1 kg packet of biscuits, 3 litres of oil, canned vegetables. The parcel can be delivered, it weighs more than 5 kg, but as oil and canned vegetables are not sanctioned products, the weight limit can be exceeded.

The parcel contains 1 kg of chocolate, 3.5 kg of ham, 1 kg of cheese. The parcel cannot be delivered as it contains 5.50 kg of sanctioned products, it will be confiscated by customs.

Goods banned for export to Russia

• Pet food

• Smartphones & phones

• Headphones

• CDs and DVDs

• Vinyl records

• Bike lights

• Sound amplifiers

• Miscrophones

• Speakers

• Headphones

• Various wires

• Light bulbs

• Gaming consoles

• IPhone accessories (MagSafe, Thunderbolt, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, USB-C)

• Camera lenses and lenses

• Video and audio recording devices

• Auto & Motorcycle Parts

• Weapons, any parts for weapons (even butt plates, etc.)

• Drones etc.

• Radio-controlled and motor toys (cars, trains, planes, helicopters, etc.)
• Electronics components (transistors, resistors, boards, microcircuits, machine parts)
• PC components (not only processors, but also RAM, hard disks, graphics cards, keyboards, mice, monitors etc.)
• Echo sounders, fish finder, transducer, chart plotter devices
• GPS navigators
• Laptops, tablets, assembled PCs
• Soldering irons
• Oils (automobile and motorbike) and similar products from recycled oil
• Generators (gasoline and diesel)
• Binoculars, telescopes

These goods are completely banned from shipping under sanctions restrictions.