Director of ZAO Moscow Brewing Company Yuri Lobanov noted that equipment for labeling is supplied only from unfriendly countries. "The introduction of labeling will bring our enterprise additional costs of 200-300 million rubles. EGAIS is also a traceability system, but unlike labeling, it has already been introduced at all enterprises, it works and does not require large expenses, and most importantly, it already solves all the tasks set," he explained. According to him, the brewing industry is in the state of a sinking ship and the introduction of labeling will be the cargo that will finally sink it.
Jons Brewery and beer blogger cyprus cell phone number list Alexander Idzhon said that no one will install a special machine for labeling at a small brewery, and the process will be done manually. "In order to stick labels on one batch, for example, 2000 cans, it takes eight hours. Accordingly, it will be necessary to hire a specific person who will only do this. In small brewing, a very large component of the cost of beer is the wage fund, and this will also fall on the shoulders of the buyer. In connection with political events, we see that many breweries are making ends meet. The introduction of mandatory labeling will be the last straw that can completely kill craft brewing in Russia," he is sure.
Yuri Antonov, General Director of JSC Moscow Beer and Soft Drinks Plant Ochakovo, stated that if mandatory digital labeling is introduced, beer production in Russia could decrease by 20-30%, which would lead to a proportional decrease in payments to the budget. "Over the first nine months of 2022, JSC Moscow Beer and Soft Drinks Plant Ochakovo has already paid about 5 billion rubles to the budget. If sales volumes remain the same in 2022, Ochakovo will pay about 7 billion rubles to the budget in taxes. If, as a result of the introduction of mandatory digital labeling of beer, we are forced to reduce beer production by 20%, then the lost tax payments from Ochakovo alone will amount to about 1.4 billion rubles," he noted. According to him, the company's cost of purchasing and installing imported equipment for digital labeling of beer will be at least 650 million rubles, which is equivalent to the cost of, for example, two bottling lines. Yuri Antonov noted that labeling does not benefit anyone. "It harms the manufacturer, since it deprives it of funds for modernization. It harms the state, because it reduces the competitiveness of the industry and deprives the budget of significant income, and it is meaningless for the consumer, because he will pay for the brand, but will not receive any benefits. "Postponing the beer labeling deadlines by a year or two will not solve the problems of the brewing industry. The only reasonable solution is to abandon labeling and return to the idea of expanding EGAIS to all product chains. Other solutions will be a threat to the industry and the technological sovereignty of the country. Labeling equipment is mainly produced in countries that are unfriendly to Russia," he noted.
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