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“Fundus” is cancelled: Will Russia face a shortage of contact lenses due to US restrictions?

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 12:30:32

Currently there is no shortage of lenses

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JOHNSON RUNNING

Due to American intrigues, the Russians may be left without contact lenses. The fact is that most of the domestic market for these popular eye assistants falls precisely on companies from the United States, and last Friday the authorities of this country imposed restrictions on the supply of a number of goods to Russia, among which are the contact lenses. . Even the prosthetic eyes fell under the lot!

– The US licensing policy assumes that if the supplier of the product (in this case we are talking about TN VED 9001 30 and 9021 39 – contact lenses and ocular prostheses, respectively) proves that the product is intended to guarantee the health and safety of Russian Citizens or for humanitarian purposes, a US Department of Commerce license may be issued on an individual basis. In this regard, the provision of market products for citizens should obviously be under the exception, – explained KP.RU at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

That is, there is no total ban, only the provider will have to ask the US authorities for permission.

But some US companies have already gotten ahead of the locomotive. Then Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Acuvue Oasys and Acuvue True Eyes lenses popular in Russia, warned Russian partners about suspending imports of contact lenses, RIA Novosti reports.

Now there is no shortage of lenses. True, some telegram channels reported an increase in the price of American goods several times, however, the KP correspondent was assured on various Internet sites selling glasses and lenses that there was no significant price increase: if something goes up in price, then as part of the growing dollar exchange rate.

THIS IS THE DELIVERY TO BE BLAME

Supply interruptions may have occurred for some imported eyewear items due to delivery issues.

“Due to the complexity of supply chains, some sellers might increase the prices of their products, but we did not notice a significant increase in the cost of contact lenses at Wildberries,” the company’s press service told KP. UK. – Deliveries continue, there is no shortage of these products, including those produced in the US, and the demand for them is stable.

In addition, the company clarified that American-made lenses are supplied to Russia not only from the US. However, no specific supplier countries were named. It turns out that the parallel import is already in effect. And the Ministry of Industry and Trade is already off to a low start.

– In the event that the supply of contact lenses ceases, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade will immediately consider the question of including the products of brands that have stopped deliveries in the list of parallel imports, the press service of the Russian Federation said. ministry to KP. UK.

In addition to American lenses, lenses from Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are also actively sold in Russia. Everything is calm with them: according to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, “other countries do not plan to stop deliveries.”

WE PROVIDE

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade draws attention to the fact that Russian manufacturers are able to fully cover the needs of the domestic contact lens market.

– Soft lenses in Russia are produced by 7 organizations: Okay Vision Retail, Concor Firm, SVETLENZ, Optimedservice, OVT Research Institute of Eye Diseases and Linkon, – reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade. – Soft lenses work with diseases such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia (age-related farsightedness), and can also help, if desired, with changing eye color or the need for cosmetic transformation (for example, in the presence of a thorn or cataract, lack of pupil, etc.).

Rigid lenses are produced in Russia by 4 companies: Okay Vision Retail, Doctor Lens Techno, Smart Optics and the Research Institute of Eye Diseases. Rigid lenses in some cases can be much more effective than soft ones, for example, in the case of a high degree of astigmatism or presbyopia; it is also the only form of non-surgical vision correction with the help of nighttime hard contact lenses and the prevention of myopia progression.

According to the agency, in 2022, the production volume of contact lenses in the country increased in physical terms by about 30%.

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