sanctions on russia including a ban on the export of military goods a major problem for the german cleaning machine company the sonic. machines in all our machines have dual use capability that means they can be used for peaceful purposes but they can also be used for military purposes that s the problem with our equipment. so the company has foregone business with russia worth 300000 euros it s also frustrating if it is sonics export agent. we re being replaced by suppliers from other countries especially china taiwan south korea and japan we ve been to russia many times and we see they re still getting machines we re clearly being replaced. russia responded with counter sanctions it banned e.u. food imports french cheese german sausage all vanished from russian supermarket
engineering company in eastern germany makes ultrasonic cleaning machines there in demand worldwide good business for the money factory and its export agent for decades the export agent has had close trading ties with russia. here in eastern germany we ve always had a head start on the russian market they trusted us and relations generally were good the chemistry between supply and customer was good and we ve benefited from that in the past it really helped us but unfortunately it s no longer working for us. geopolitics got in the way the ukraine revolution russia s annexation of crimea and the war in eastern ukraine. the european union responded by imposing economic sanctions on russia including a ban on the export of military goods a major problem for the german cleaning machine company the sonic. machines in our