The article examines the problems of the development of high-tech industry in Russia in the context of import substitution. The need for the use of imported finished products, equipment and related technologies in domestic production is evaluated.

The author thinks it advisable to introduce three main groups of indicators for assessing the dependence on import in various sectors; a volumetric-structural model is proposed to assess and monitor the dependence of industries on foreign components; for this purpose, the measures for the creation of single information space are specified. The article also contains a methodology that describes the mechanism for determining the appropriate levels of import dependence and distributing the sectors of Russian economy into criticality groups.