INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Czech Republics beer exports increased year-on-year in 2024, the very first spike in beer exports to Russia given that a downturn
brought on by Moscows 2022 full-scale intrusion of Ukraine and the subsequent severing of organization links to Russia.Although the Czech
Beer and Malt Association denies that its member breweries exported to Russia after 2022 and states that it can not manage trade performed
by intermediaries, the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) insists its figures are correct.If the items made it to Russia through other
countries, then it is not possible to trace it in the foreign trade figures
CZSO always knows just the very first nation to where the products are exported, CZSO representative Jan Cieslar wasquotedas saying by
theCzech Press Agency.Cieslar included that details is not available to CZSO when the goods are exported to third countries.The nations
major breweries, consisting of Pilsner, Staropramen, Budvar and Heinekens local branch, informed the online news outletSeznam Zprvythat they
do not export directly to Russia, which is also seen as a dangerous destination
On long-lasting bases, we think about Russia, because of the unstable company environment and bad guideline of law conditions for Czech
entities, as an inappropriate location for Czech business, Industry and Trade Minister Luk Vlektold Seznam Zprvyon Tuesday.Czech beer
exports to Russia from January-October 2024 amounted to CZK819 million ($33.3 million) a boost of 12.4% y/y compared tothe CZK728 million
($29.6 million) that it exported in 2023, according to CZSO
This makes Russia the third-largest beer export destination after Germany and Slovakia, theCzech Press Agencynoted
It added that the Russian state-run RIANovosti news agency explained the Czech Republic and Germany as the 2 largest beer importers to
Russia.TheCzech Republic exported CZK2.15 billion worth of beer to Germany and CZK1.64 billion worth to Slovakia from January-October 2024
Together with Russia, Poland is the just other destination where the volume of exports exceeded CZK0.5 bn.The news of increased beer exports
to Russia renewed the reporting of more products signing up a spike in exports to Russia despite the fact that the total volume of exported
goods to Russia continues to fall.Seznam Zprvy wrote that the volume of exported organic chemicals increased from January-October 2024 by
39.9% y/y to simply over CZK2 billion.Furniture and hospital beds surged by 144.1% to CZK0.54 billion, plastic items by 34.8% to CZK71
billion, and oil seeds such as poppy seeds by 35.2%
to CZK0.42 billion.Two Czech medical facility bed manufacturers Linet and Proma Reha informed Seznam Zprvythat they are not exporting any
items to Russia, while Pavel Cihl, the chair of the Czech poppy association, told the outletI do not understand who exports there [to
Russia] Russian-linked businesses inside the Czech Republic which has actually generally been a popular destination for Russian elites, who
bought profitable property in prime places and sent their children for schooling there also remain active.Investigative websitePage Not
Found reportedthis week that Russian discount rate retail chain Mere, which is facing sanctions in Ukraine, is opening a fifth warehouse in
the Czech Republic.Mere has actually launched its growth in the outskirt regions of northern Bohemia, which are struggling with high
unemployment and the hoist of social issues
It opened its first shop in 2019 in the northwestern town of Most, whosecontinued struggles to overtake the rest of the countrybne
IntelliNewscovered in 2015
The most recent store is to open in the local capital st nad Labem
In a twist of irony, Mere is benefiting from numerous countless Ukrainians who left to the Czech Republic and were rapidly taken in by
handbook and low-paid tasks in the labor market designedto swallow an inexpensive workforce.Ji Maznek, the head of the National Agency to
Combat Organized Crime (NCOZ), told Seznam Zprvyin an interview today that NCOZ is addressing numerous cases linked to sanctions against
Russia.It is organized criminal offense of Russian type involving, naturally, other countries in the region, Maznek stated, adding that we
are afraid Czechia serves to launder dirty money and that ourlegislation is weak in this regard.This post was initially published by bne
