On April 10 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 April 9 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on solid urea from Russia (A-821-801) (here). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero-percent AD rate for MCC EuroChem. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of solid urea from EuroChem entered between July 2013 and June 2014 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from EuroChem will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. The final results of this administrative review are currently due in August.
On April 7 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On April 3 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security denied the following export privileges on April 2 in line with Arms Export Control Act convictions:
Foreign governments continue to routinely use local content requirements for domestic telecommunications infrastructure, restricting engagement in trade and global supply chains, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a review of telecommunications provisions in free trade agreements and World Trade Organization pacts. The U.S. will continue to pressure removal of those barriers to put in place “market-oriented” commerce, said the agency in its annual review, released April 1 (here).
On March 27-30 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added individuals and companies to the Specially Designated Nationals List, and dozens of Cuba-related entries in recent days (here and here).
On March 26 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: