What is subject to mandatory marking when exporting confectionery products to the Russian Federation: key requirements

Mogilev District - Pridneprovskaya Niva July 28, 2026 15:08 Marking of certain types of sweets and confectionery products packaged in consumer packaging on the territory of the Russian Federation is carried out in accordance with the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 31.05.2025 No. 818 "On Approval of the Rules for Marking Certain Types of Sweets and Confectionery Products Packaged in Consumer Packaging with Identification Means and on the Specifics of Implementing the State Information System for Monitoring the Circulation of Goods Subject to Mandatory Marking with Identification Means, in Relation to Certain Types of Sweets and Confectionery Products Packaged in Consumer Packaging" (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 818, the Rules).

Since 20.02.2026, information interaction has been established between the operators of the marking systems of the Russian Federation (LLC "Operator-CRPT") and the Republic of Belarus (RUE "Publishing House "Belblankavyd") for the purpose of issuing Russian-style marking codes to Belarusian business entities for marking confectionery products.

When exporting goods to the Russian Federation, including for sale at a fair, a Belarusian business entity must mark such confectionery products with Russian marking codes prior to their movement across the state border of the Russian Federation.

In order to identify products subject to mandatory marking, it is necessary to be guided by the definition of "goods" set forth in paragraph 2 of the Rules, the codes of the Unified Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Nomenclature of the Eurasian Economic Union, the codes of the All-Russian Classification of Products by Type of Economic Activity, and the presence of consumer packaging.

At the same time, according to paragraph 2 of the Rules:

— primary consumer packaging — packaging that is in direct contact with the product, also used for displaying goods that can be purchased by the consumer, including in the case of self-packaging by the consumer, for sale by weight in retail organizations (point of sale) or for the sale of goods to the consumer in such packaging without the possibility of opening it without damage;

— secondary consumer packaging – packaging containing one or more goods in primary consumer packaging and intended for sale to the consumer of goods in such packaging without the possibility of opening it without damage, or for sale by weight, including in the case of self-packaging by the consumer, at retail trade organizations (point of sale);

— group packaging – packaging marked with an identification tool that unites a certain quantity of goods with one product code marked with identification tools, which may be broken up or sold to the consumer in unchanged form;

— transport packaging – packaging that unites goods and (or) goods in group packaging, as well as sets, used for storage and transportation of goods in order to protect them from damage during movement and forming an independent transport unit. Transport packaging may include transport packaging of smaller size (volume).

According to paragraph 3 of the Rules, in addition to the cases provided for by paragraph 3 of the Rules for marking goods subject to mandatory marking with identification tools, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 26, 2019 No. 515 "On the system for marking goods with identification tools and traceability of goods movement," the scope of the Rules does not extend, among other things, to:

— goods obtained as a result of packaging for sale individually without consumer packaging or as a result of packaging (including in the case of self-packaging by the consumer) for sale by weight at retail trade organizations (point of sale);

— goods in primary consumer packaging in the event of their placement in secondary consumer packaging during the production of goods, not subject to opening by the consumer (except for sets and group packaging), or secondary packaging intended for the sale of goods by weight, including those packaged independently by the consumer, at retail trade organizations (point of sale) (in this case, the secondary packaging in the production of goods is subject to marking);

— goods manufactured and sold at retail trade organizations that carry out the sale of these goods to the consumer;

— goods weighing up to 20 grams (inclusive), while secondary consumer packaging (if any) is subject to marking if the primary packaging is not marked.

Thus, secondary consumer packaging is subject to marking with identification means, while confectionery products weighing more than 20 grams that are not unit goods and are sold by weight are not subject to marking with identification means (while the secondary packaging of such goods is subject to marking with identification means).

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