Today, citizens can harvest nuts for their own needs without obtaining a permit, but they are often bought in bulk by specially hired harvesters or teams and then sold under the guise of personal harvesting. That is, entrepreneurs receive a valuable natural resource without paying the state, send it for export or sell it within the country and at the same time bear only the overhead costs. According to the authors of the bill, it is necessary to simplify the process.
Shelled Korean pine nuts are considered a strategic natural resource in Russia, and large-scale smuggling of them is punishable by prison sentences of 3 to 12 years.
