MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A free port has the right to perform duty-free import and export of goods and is excluded from the state customs territory. Vladivostok previously had this status between 1861 and 1909.
"Russia’s Minvostokrazvitiya believes that the proposed standards of the bill on the establishment of medical infrastructure on the territory of the free port of Vladivostok will be comfortable and profitable for Korean medical institutions. We expect that the bill will be considered by the State Duma in the spring of the current year and we are ready to consider constructive proposals of the Korean side," deputy head of the ministry, Sergei Kachaev, said as quoted in the Saturday statement.
According to Minvostokrazvitiya, over 7,000 Russians from the Far Eastern Primorsky Territory alone undergo medical treatment in South Korea every year.
Kachaev discussed the possibility of opening Korean medical centers in Vladivostok during a working visit to Seoul.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a legislation establishing the Vladivostok Free Port on July 13, 2015. The law, which came into force on October 12, 2015, allows for the establishment of special regulation procedures for certain industries in Vladivostok, including the medical one.
