Honor has stopped official deliveries of smartphones to Russia

This spring, the lion's share of global brands left Russia. Manufacturers were no exception.

smartphones, including Huawei.Now the list has been supplemented by its daughter Honor, which has stopped official deliveries of devices to Russia. The source of the news was one of the electronics distributors, and it was confirmed by one of the largest telecom operators. At the same time, Honor itself did not make any official statements about leaving Russia, and refused to comment.

It is reported that the company is currently tryingfind partners in countries neighboring Russia in order to discover supply routes through “parallel import”. And although consumer electronics are not subject to restrictions, Chinese companies prefer to play it safe by stopping supplies in anticipation of the legalization of “parallel imports.” Many Chinese brands have already resorted to this practice, trying to avoid possible secondary sanctions against them. According to MTS estimates, in the second quarter of this year Honor failed to enter the top five largest smartphone sellers in the Russian Federation, occupying only 4.2% of the market. Two years earlier, this figure was 17.9%.

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According to vedomosti.ru