Non-Tariff Regulation of Imports and Food Security of Russia
The study analyzes the impact of non-tariff regulation of foreign trade, on the example of food imports, on the food security of the country. The results of the study showed that Russia’s use of a food embargo for 37 countries since 2014, such as the United States, EU countries and others, has led not only to positive but negative consequences in the Russian food import market. As a result, competition among suppliers has significantly decreased and the food import market has been monopolized by all product groups that have been subject to a food embargo for individual countries, resulting in conditions for higher purchase prices, lower quality and product range. Since the introduction of the food embargo, there have been negative effects on the domestic food market, such as increased market monopolization, rising prices, declining quality and food range. Thus, as a result of the application of non-tariff regulation (food embargo), three of the four comprehensive food security estimates have been reduced, in accordance with the Doctrine of Food Security of Russia: economic and physical accessibility of food, compliance with food products requirements of the EAEU legislation on technical regulation.