The International Trade Administration is publishing a notice on the following AD/CV proceeding (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in a subsequent ITT article):
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:
Xinhuanet reports that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia will lift its grain export ban effective July 1, 2011. Russian officials stated that spring planting this year was 10% higher than the previous year and the winter wheat harvest was "quite good." (Russia stopped its grain exports on August 15, 2010 after a severe drought destroyed crops in the majority of the country's agricultural regions. The harvest in 2010 was 60.9 million tons, down 37 percent compared with 2009.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also posted a radio broadcast which provides background on the soon to be lifted Russian grain export ban, which is available here.
On May 26-27, 2011, President Obama joined Russian President Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Kan in bilateral meetings at the annual G-8 Leaders’ Summit in France, to discuss, among other issues, Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, and Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has announced that it will invite Russia to join the OECD's Working Group on Bribery and to accede to the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention. The OECD states that the Russian President signed legislation early this month that criminalized foreign bribery, with a significant increase in the monetary sanctions for companies and individuals who bribe foreign public officials to gain business advantages. Russia will have to undergo detailed reviews of its anti-bribery laws to confirm that they meet the Convention’s standards and that these laws are effectively implemented. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/06/11 news, 11050629, for BP summary of the President's signing a foreign-bribery legislation.)
The State Department has posted remarks by Secretary of State Clinton on Russia's membership into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions. Clinton states that by enacting legislation that criminalizes bribery of foreign public officials, Russia has removed a major obstacle to doing business and advancing economic growth.
At a May 25, 2011 Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, the Administration reasserted its position that it will not submit the implementing legislation packages for the pending free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia, and Korea until it reaches an agreement with Congress on renewing Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation that is consistent with the 2009 expansion of TAA1.
On May 24, 2011, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective May 24, 2011, which amends the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to 15 CFR 744) by removing one Russian entity, listed as the Federal Atomic Power of Russia (Rusatom) (now known as the Russian State Corporation of Atomic Energy (Rosatom)) and by adding clarifying language and amending aliases for two Russian entities that are components of Rosatom.
On May 20, 2011, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Office of Management and Budget has approved a Bureau of Industry and Security final rule entitled: "Removal and Modifications for Persons Listed Under Russia on the Entity List."