OREANDA-NEWS  The government is discussing the possibility of banning the import into Russia of computers and laptops from Dell, HP, HP, Acer, MSI and other foreign manufacturers. Such an initiative was put forward by the domestic vendor ICL. He also suggests stimulating demand for Russian computers with the help of a 20% cashback program for citizens. Retailers and officials support the idea of launching a cashback program, but oppose the restriction of parallel imports, warning of the risks of reducing the assortment and the growth of illegal supplies.

Kommersant got acquainted with the letter of the CEO of Iciel Techno LLC (ICL brand, produces computers, monitors, laptops, etc.) Evgeny Stepanov, sent on December 8 to the head of the Ministry of Finance Maksut Shadaev.

It proposes new measures to support Russian electronics manufacturers, in particular the introduction of a ban on parallel imports of Dell, HP, HPE, Acer, MSI, Inspur, Asus, Lenovo and Fujitsu.

This measure, the letter notes, will allow "to free the Russian market from companies that refused to work in Russia and increase the share of Russian computing equipment to 50%." The interlocutor of Kommersant, who is familiar with the ICL proposal, says that in terms of banning parallel imports, we are talking primarily about consumer electronics, that is, personal computers, monoblocks, laptops.

ICL also proposes to introduce a recycling fee for imported computing equipment in the amount of 20% of the cost with the simultaneous issuance of subsidies to Russian electronics manufacturers (similar to the existing scrap collection for cars).