On Feb. 2 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
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:
On Jan. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Jan. 7 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Jan. 6 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
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The Bureau of Industry and Security added 16 people to its Entity List to ensure the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia for "violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine," it said (here). The rule will take effect Dec. 28. The Entity List identifies entities and other people "reasonably believed" to be involved in, or that "pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved in" activities contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy, said BIS.
On Dec. 23 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determinations that imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil (C-351-844) (here), India (C-533-866) (here), China (C-570-030) (here) and Russia (C-821-823) (here) are being illegally subsidized. The agency will impose CV duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise from Brazil, India and Russia beginning on Dec. 22, and from China beginning on Sept. 23 or Dec. 22, depending on whether Commerce found "critical circumstances" for the producer/exporter of the merchandise.
On Dec. 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department will require cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India and Russia, but will not at this time require cash deposits on the same product from South Korea, it said in an Dec. 16 fact sheet announcing its preliminary CV duty determinations (here). Rates are 7.42% for all Brazilian exporters, 227.29% for all Chinese exporters, 4.45% for all Indian exporters, and range from zero to 6.33% for Russian exporters. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will be retroactive to 90 days before the publication date of Commerce's preliminary determination for some companies from China. Cash deposit requirements for Brazil, India and Russia take effect upon publication of the preliminary determination. ITT will provide more details on Commerce's preliminary CV duty determinations once they are published in the Federal Register.