China's Ministry of Commerce has announced its decision to start a final five-year review on antidumping measures on epichlorohydrin (ECH) imports from Russia, Korea, Japan and the U.S. as of June 28, 2011 in response to petition from China’s ECH industry. MOFCOM will determine whether the dumping and injury would continue if it terminates AD measures on such products imports from these countries. MOFCOM has also issued a notice containing background on the AD measures subject to this five-year sunset review, which is available here.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
In the June 28, 2011 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
According to the Foreign Trade Portal of the Russian Federation, Russia's Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina recently stated that agreement on the remaining issues related to Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, such industrial assembly, meat import, agriculture support, veterinary and phytosanitary measures, should be reached by the end of July. Nabiullina stated that "if we fail to do this, it will take years to complete our accession process."
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on June 22, 2011 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the following recent updates in its Animal Export Regulations History:
On June 18, 2011, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sapiro spoke at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where she stated that Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization is the U.S.' single highest priority in its economic relationship with Russia, and it is working to help Russia complete accession this year. However, there are still several WTO-inconsistent measures Russia needs to address.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has recently revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a radio broadcast which states that at the June 22-23 G20 meeting of agricultural ministers in Paris, Secretary Vilsack hopes to have one-on-one meetings to talk about bilateral issues, especially with the Mexican agricultural minister regarding potatoes; with China, Japan, and Mexico regarding issues of beef; and with Russia regarding pork access.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of solid urea from Russia (A-821-801) covering the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced that Indian and Russian Ministers have expressed the political intent to move towards a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. The Russian Minister stated that Russia would first initiate a consultation with their customs partners on this agreement. The ministers also discussed market access in Russia for Indian products, particularly agricultural and pharmaceutical products.