One of the world’s largest laptop makers, Acer, continued to supply equipment to Russia from April 2022 to March this year, even though it said last spring it would suspend its business, according to an analysis published by Reuterswho got acquainted with the customs data.

At least $70 billion worth of hardware components arrived in Russia in one year, sources cited said, including monitors but also laptops.

The equipment arrived in Russia via Acer’s subsidiary in Switzerland, but since the equipment was not manufactured in Taiwan, the shipments did not violate sanctions imposed on Russia by the Taipei authorities. The deliveries also did not violate Swiss law at the time.

On April 8, 2022, Acer announced that it was suspending all shipments to Russia, but customs data shows that this is not the case, and that the company’s products are entering the Federation, but in much smaller quantities than before the war.

Customs data obtained by Reuters show that 744 shipments of Acer products were shipped between April 8, 2022, and March 31, 2023, down sharply from more than 3,700 shipments a year earlier.

According to IDC, Acer occupied 18.5% of the PC market in Russia at the end of 2021.

Acer’s Swiss subsidiary said it would no longer supply desktops and laptops to Russia after April 8, 2022, but added that it had supplied the Russian market with “a limited number of displays and accessories for use by civilians in their daily activities, but in compliance with international sanctions “. “.