Application scope

Exemption Letters are required to prove the fact that a product exported to and/or sold in is not subject to mandatory GOST R certification.

Such a formal confirmation might be requested by Russian customs authorities in case of ambiguous product coding due to discrepancy between the Russian Product Classification OKP and the Foreign Trade Classification TNVED (for more details see FAQs).

Procedure

 Exemption Letters are produced by the All-Russia Research & Development Certification Institute abbreviated as VNIIS.

 There are the following steps to issue an Exemption Letter:

•  review of documentation (contract or invoice for delivery of goods in question, product technical descriptions etc),
•  product identification according to the Russian classification system OKP and, eventually,
•  expert conclusion.

The whole procedure usually takes five-seven working days.