Why does Russia need the Chestny ZNAK system? The circulation of illegal products in Russia is a serious problem: about 35% of manufacturing products are illegally circulated, 20% in the perfume market, and as high as 10% in the pharmaceutical market. In the first quarter of 2018, the share of the illegal cigarette market increased to 7.7% (4.6% in the same period of the previous year). 

Since the beginning of 2018, more than 6 million counterfeit products have been found in the Russian market. To address this issue, the Chestny ZNAK (Честный ЗНАК) — Russia’s mandatory national digital traceability system operated by CRPT — was launched, assigning each commodity a unique encrypted Data Matrix code to achieve full-process traceability from production to sales, effectively combating counterfeiting and smuggling, and protecting legitimate enterprises and consumers.

As a professional scanning solution provider, XTIOT offers XT8601B, XT8161 & XTS03 Series Industrial Scanners that are fully compatible with the Chestny ZNAK system, helping enterprises smoothly enter the Russian market and achieve compliance operations with core advantages:

- Full Compliance with Chestny ZNAK: Seamlessly scan and decode Chestny ZNAK encrypted Data Matrix codes, fully adapting to all mandatory product categories under Russian marking rules, perfectly solving the pain point of counterfeit product identification in the Russian market.

- Fast & Accurate Scanning: Equipped with high-performance 2D scanning engines — XT8161 achieves a scanning speed of up to 86 scans per second, XT8601B supports high-speed batch scanning (up to 100 codes at once) with a maximum speed of 90 scans per second, and XTS03 ensures 100% data accuracy — all can easily recognize paper labels, screen codes, damaged or high-density codes common in the Russian market.

-Plug-and-Play & Easy Integration: No additional firmware is required; the scanners can be directly connected to Russian traceability systems, suitable for cross-border export, warehouse shipping, production lines and retail scenarios in Russia, greatly reducing enterprise deployment costs.