Taiwan's Acer ships computer 金物類/武器類 to Russia after 説 it would 一時停止する 商売/仕事 -data

By Filipp Lebedev and Gleb Stolyarov

June 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan-based computer 製造業者 Acer 供給(する)d at least $70.4 million 価値(がある) of computer 金物類/武器類 to Russia between April 8, 2022 and March 31, 2023, によれば customs data seen by Reuters, after 説 it would 一時停止する its 商売/仕事 there.

While not 違法な, Acer's 活動/戦闘s contrast with those of 重要な Western 競争相手s such as Dell and HP which 中止するd 出荷/船積みs in February and April 2022, それぞれ, に引き続いて Moscow's 十分な-規模 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, customs 記録,記録的な/記録するs drawn from a 商業の 貿易(する) data provider show.

The 記録,記録的な/記録するs show 器具/備品 produced by Acer was 供給(する)d to Russia both through Acer's wholly-owned 子会社 登録(する)d in Switzerland and a number of 配達/演説/出産 services by order of that 子会社.

As the 出荷/船積みs 起こる/始まるd outside Taiwan, they did not 侵害する/違反する Taipei's 許可/制裁s against Russia. Nor did they 伴う/関わる items 制限するd at the time of 輸出(する) by Switzerland's 許可/制裁s 政権, which mirrors that of the European Union.

But in a 声明 on April 8 last year, the company said: "予定 to 最近の 開発s, Acer has decided to 一時停止する its 商売/仕事 in Russia."

Asked about その後の 輸出(する)s to Russia 経由で スイスの 子会社 Acer Sales International SA, Acer in Taiwan said in a 声明 that "we 厳密に 固執する to applicable international 規則s and 貿易(する) 法律s regarding 輸出(する)s to Russia".

It 追加するd that the スイスの 子会社 "had not shipped any laptops or desktops to Russia since April 8 last year", but that it had 供給(する)d a "限られた/立憲的な number of 陳列する,発揮するs and 従犯者s to the ロシアの market for 非軍事の daily use while 確実にするing 同意/服従 with international 許可/制裁s".

Acer did not say why it continued shipping its goods to Russia にもかかわらず 説 it would 一時停止する 商売/仕事 there.

A source familiar with 詳細(に述べる)s of the 出荷/船積みs, who 拒絶する/低下するd to be 指名するd 予定 to the sensitivity of the 問題/発行する, said Acer's 製品s, 含むing PC 監視するs and laptops, continued to be shipped to Russia after April 2022.

Reuters was unable to 設立する where some Acer goods that can still be 設立する on sale in Russia had 起こる/始まるd from nor when they had arrived in the country.

スイスの 許可/制裁s, in line with the EU's, 許すd the 輸出(する) of laptop computers and 計算するing 構成要素s to Russia until Dec. 16, 2022. There were no 配達/演説/出産s of the newly 禁じるd items by Acer to Russia from Switzerland after that date.

The company told Reuters it was possible that importers in Russia sourced Acer 装置s from third countries.

Acer's ロシアの 部隊, in 返答 to emailed questions, said "nothing has changed" since the April 2022 声明.

Acer accounted for 18.5% of all PCs sold in Russia in the fourth 4半期/4分の1 of 2021, によれば 協議するing company IDC Russia, while HP and Dell made up a 連合させるd 20.8%.

The 出荷/船積みs を強調する how, にもかかわらず international 許可/制裁s 目的(とする)d at 限界ing ロシアのs' 接近 to 科学(工学)技術 and 器具/備品, foreign-made goods remain 利用できる to 消費者s.

And Artem Zhavoronkov, a partner at St. Petersburg-based 法律 会社/堅い Nordic 星/主役にする, said Acer 危険d reputational 損失.

G7 leaders at a 最近の 会合 in Japan 行為/法令/行動するd to 強化する 許可/制裁s on Russia and 削減(する) off Moscow's 試みる/企てるs to 避ける them.

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ロシアの customs data shows at least 744 出荷/船積みs of Acer's 製品s entered Russia between April 8, 2022 and March 31, 2023, compared w ith 3,735 in the year earlier period for a total of $244.3 million.

In 通貨の 条件, 出荷/船積みs fell 71.1%, によれば the data, with laptops and PC 監視するs making up the 本体,大部分/ばら積みの of 出荷/船積みs.

Taiwan 発表するd it would join 許可/制裁s against Russia on Feb. 25, 2022, with a special 輸出(する) 許す 要求するd for 科学技術の goods on a 政府-収集するd 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる).

Taiwan's Economy 省 told Reuters that high 業績/成果 electronics, 含むing 監視するs, 陳列する,発揮するs and laptops are 含むd on this 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) and 使用/適用s for 輸出(する) "in 原則 will not be 認可するd".

The 省 said that as of end-March 2023 Acer had not 適用するd for such 許すs, and there are no Taiwanese customs 記録,記録的な/記録するs of Acer 輸出(する)s to Russia. The 省 拒絶する/低下するd to comment その上の.

The main 供給者 of Acer 器具/備品 to Russia last year was Acer Sales International SA, a 会社/堅い 登録(する)d in the city of Bioggio, in the southern Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland.

An officer of the 子会社 did not 答える/応じる to requests for comment sent 経由で WhatsApp.

Switzerland's 明言する/公表する (国際的組織の)事務局 for 経済的な 事件/事情/状勢s told Reuters that it does not comment on individual 事例/患者s or 明確な/細部 companies.

Russia's 省 of 産業 and 貿易(する) did not 答える/応じる to a request for comment. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Filipp Lebedev and Gleb Stolyarov in Tbilisi; 付加 報告(する)/憶測ing by Ben Blanchard in Taipei and Gabrielle T?trault-Farber in Geneva; Editing by マイク Collett-White, Kirsten Donovan)

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