d test, to see if the prices of the exporter's U.S. sales vary significantly across region, time period or purchaser. Use of this test as part of the differential pricing analysis has been subject to much litigation, with the primary point of contention being whether Commerce must satisfy basic statistical assumptions such as roughly equal variances and normally-distributed data sets when running the test.

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Differential Pricing Analysis

The Commerce Department uses a differential pricing analysis to detect whether companies are selling goods across different time periods, regions or purchasers in an effort to mask the dumping of their products into the U.S. market. As part of this analysis, the agency will use a statistical test, called the Cohen's d test, to see if the prices of the exporter's U.S. sales vary significantly across region, time period or purchaser. Use of this test as part of the differential pricing analysis has been subject to much litigation, with the primary point of contention being whether Commerce must satisfy basic statistical assumptions such as roughly equal variances and normally-distributed data sets when running the test.

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OFAC General License Authorizes Legal Services, Etc. to Blocked Persons in Libya
March 11, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued General License No. 3 under Executive Order 13566, which authorizes the provision of certain legal services to or on behalf of the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, including the Central Bank of Libya, or any other person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to EO 13566, provided that all receipts of payment of professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses must be specifically licensed. The complete text of General License No. 3 is available here. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/07/11 and 03/02/11 news, 11030747 and 11030260, for BP summaries of OFAC's issuance of General License Nos. 1A and 2 under EO 13566, respectively.)

OFAC General License Clarifies Scope of Transactions With 3rd-Country Libyan Banks
March 8, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued General License No. 1A pursuant to Executive Order 13566. General License No. 1 has been replaced and superseded in its entirety by General License No. 1A, which clarifies the scope of the authorization for transactions related to third-country Libyan-owned or controlled banks. General License No. 1A authorizes all transactions involving banks that are owned or controlled by the Government of Libya and organized under the laws of a country other than Libya, provided the transactions do not otherwise involve the Government of Libya or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/28/11 news, 11022855, for BP summary of OFAC's issuance of General License No. 1.)

OFAC Publishes Name of Blocked Bank Under WMD EO
March 7, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the name of one newly-designated entity, Bank Refah, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters,” effective February 17, 2011. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/17/11 news, 11021745, for previous BP summary of this designation.)

OFAC General License Authorizes Goods, Services, Etc. for Libyan Diplomatic Missions
March 4, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued General License No. 2 under Executive Order 13566, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya.” General License No. 2 authorizes the provision of goods and services in the U.S. to the diplomatic missions of the Government of Libya to the U.S. and the United Nations, and to the employees of such diplomatic missions, as well as payment for such goods and services, under certain conditions. The complete text of General License No. 2 is available here.

BIS Denies an Individual Export Privileges to Iran Until 2020
March 3, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Exports, OFAC and DoD

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an order denying certain export privileges to Ali Amirnazmi until January 11, 2020 pursuant to his conviction involving transactions with companies in Iran between November 1996 and June 2008 without obtaining the proper licenses from the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

OFAC Unblocks 8 Individuals in Peru, Colombia Under Narcotics EO
March 2, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of eight individuals in Peru and Colombia whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective February 23, 2010.

OFAC Publishes Names of 2 Blocked Individuals Under Human Rights EO
March 1, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of two individuals newly-designated as persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13553, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions," effective February 23, 2011. (See ITT's Online Archives or news, 11022376, for previous BP summary of these designations.)

OFAC Updates SDN List to Include Blocked Individuals in Libya
March 1, 2011 by Kelly Sly|Other U.S.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated its Specially Designated Nationals List to include five individuals listed in the Annex to the President's recent Executive Order, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya," including Colonel Muammar Qadhafi and his children, among others. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/28/11 news, 11022702, for BP summary of the EO.)