The Commerce Department added 29 companies under 33 entries to the Entity List (here). The list, administered by Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, informs the public of entities that have allegedly engaged in activities that could facilitate the spread of weapons of mass destruction. BIS requires license for exports to these entities, but the agency typically denies license requests. License exceptions for transactions with companies and individuals on the Entity List are very rare, the agency says.
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 Aug. 28 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative asked industry stakeholders to comment on Russia’s implementation of its World Trade Organization commitments. The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee will also use the stakeholder comments to craft its annual report on Russia’s WTO obligations, USTR said. The agency will also convene an Oct. 8 hearing on the matter. The 2014 report lashed into Russia for failing to meet the commitments it pledged when joining the WTO in 2012 (see 1412230061). In that report, USTR didn’t criticize Russian customs procedures, but tore into sanitary and phytosanitary restrictions on U.S. agriculture exports. Russia imposed a ban in 2014 on some U.S. agriculture after the Obama administration and allies sanctioned Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine conflict (see 14082620). Comments for the 2015 report are due on Sept. 28. USTR prefers stakeholders submit comments through www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2015-0015.
The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on solid urea from Russia (A-821-801) at the request of Joint Stock Company PhosAgro-Cherepovets, said the agency (here). Commerce will instruct CBP to allow the posting of a bond instead of a cash deposit for entries of subject merchandise produced and exported by PhosAgro-Cherepovets during the review. The preliminary results of the new shipper review are due in February, with the final results due 90 days after publication of the preliminary results.
On Aug. 26 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Aug. 21-24 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil (A-351-843), India (A-533-865), China (A-570-029), South Korea (A-580-881), and Russia (A-821-822), Japan (A-588-873), the Netherlands (A-821-812) and the United Kingdom (A-812-824), and countervailing duty investigations on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil (C-351-844), India (C-570-866), China (C-570-030), South Korea (C-570-882) and Russia (C-821-823)
On Aug. 19 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India, South Korea, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, it said in a fact sheet released Aug. 18 (here). A group of U.S. manufacturers requested the investigations on July 28 (see 1508030017).). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by Sept. 11. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.
A group of U.S. manufacturers filed a petition on Aug. 10 with the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia (A-602-809), Brazil (A-351-845), Japan (A-588-874), South Korea (A-580-883), the Netherlands (A-421-813), Turkey, (A-489-826) and the United Kingdom (A-412-825), and countervailing duties on hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil (C-351-846), South Korea (C-580-884), and Turkey (C-489-827). Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations on these products that could result in the imposition of duties.