A new form of parallel trading within economics relations between Russia and China

Sosnovskikh, Sergey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-740X (2021) A new form of parallel trading within economics relations between Russia and China. Post-Communist Economies, 33 (1). pp. 94-118. ISSN 1463-1377

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Abstract

This paper investigates the phenomenon of ‘daigou’. Daigou are perceived as harmful in China as they do not pay any import taxes. However, daigou have established well-organised supply-chain channels on the borders between Russia and China and have helped to boost sales for Russian regional businesses. With the help of in-depth interviews, this study provides three core findings. Firstly, it describes the entire supply-chain structure of daigou activity in Russia-China trade relations and the methods used by daigou to bypass border customs controls. Secondly, it explores the key benefits for Russian manufacturers and retailers and shows how they cooperate with Chinese daigou. Finally, it proposes that daigou are not just purchasing representatives but that they also act as consultants to Russian manufacturers and retailers and may therefore have a significant impact on the marketing costs, product development, and internationalisation strategies of those manufactures and retailers.

Item Type:	Article (Article)
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2024 08:52
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Post-Communist Economies on 6 May 2020, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1745562. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Faculties > Business and Law
Subject terms:	1402 Applied Economics, Economics
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/634055
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1745562
ISSN	1463-1377
e-ISSN	1465-3958

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