The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 17 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another 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:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for Sept. 16 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations will continue on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom, after the International Trade Commission voted on Sept. 10 that there is a "reasonable indication" U.S. industry is injured by dumped and subsidized imports (here). However, the AD duty investigation on cold-rolled steel from the Netherlands will end because the commission found imports from the country were negligible. Both votes were unanimous. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose cash deposit requirements on cold-rolled steel in its preliminary CV duty determinations, currently due Oct. 21, and its preliminary AD determinations, due Jan. 4 (both deadlines may be postponed).
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices for Sept. 11 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):
On Sept. 8 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has inspected more than 75 percent of factories used by members over the past two years since U.S. companies formed the alliance, alongside other efforts to “create a safer environment for garment workers,” said the National Retail Federation, an alliance member, in an Sept. 8 statement (here). The alliance plans to deliver two “major” inspections to all 662 factories, NRF said. Member companies released a detailed progress report on Sept. 8 (here). Only six factories have passed final inspection, but factories have “completed between 20 and 80 percent of repairs,” said NRF. The Obama administration removed Bangladesh from the Generalized System of Preferences in September 2013 after a string of factory disasters in the country (see 13070202). The administration, at the outset of 2015, said Bangladesh continues to fall short of the progress needed for restoration of its GSP status (see 1501160042). Lawmakers enacted GSP renewal in June, and the legislation contained specific language to bar retroactivity for Bangladesh and Russia (see 1504200052).
On Sept. 4-7 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 4 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security slapped a one-year probation on Air Bashkortostan, a Russian airline, over 2009 violations of the Export Administration Regulations involving aircraft reexports from Russia to Iran (here). BIS alleged the airline reexported four U.S.-origin Boeing 757 aircraft, valued at $4.5 million. The airline reportedly ceased operations in 2013 (here), but BIS threatened to impose a $350,000 fine if the airline violates the EAR during the probationary period. If no violations are committed, BIS pledged to waive the penalty. The agency prohibited Air Bashkortostan from participating in any commodity, software or technology exports from the U.S. that are subject to the EAR. That prohibition includes applying for, obtaining or using any license, license exception or export control document.
The State Department barred U.S. government procurement and goods sales to a range of individuals and organizations, in accordance with the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (here). That ban covers an organization’s successors, subunits and subsidiaries, and includes all items on the U.S. Munitions List, Export Administration Regulations, as well as any defense or defense-related item. The Commerce Department also will not issue any licenses for any of the following individuals and organizations: