On Oct. 9 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued 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:
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage gave Congress overall positive scores in a new interim report card on trade issues. Some 64 percent of Senators and 43 percent of Representatives received an A or B for "enacting trade legislation critical to U.S. economic growth and job creation," they said. Most legislative movement had to do with pending free trade agreements or reauthorization of existing programs, rather than new major trade initiatives, according to their report. A final report will be released at the end this Congress.
On Oct. 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
In connection with the Department of Justice’s investigation into a network that illegally exported microelectronics to Russia for use by the Russian military and intelligence services, the Bureau of Industry and Security is adding 164 persons under 165 entries to the Entity List. The additions consist of one person under Belize; 13 persons under Canada; two persons under Cyprus; one person under Estonia; 11 persons under Finland; five persons under Germany; one person under Greece; two persons under Hong Kong; one person under Kazakhstan; 119 persons under Russia; two persons under Sweden; and seven persons under the United Kingdom, including six persons located in the British Virgin Islands.
The Justice Department charged 11 members of a Russian military procurement network that operated in the U.S. and Russia, as well as a Texas-based export company and a Russian military procurement firm with illegally exporting high-tech microelectronics from the U.S. to Russian military and intelligence agencies, it said. Alexander Fishenko, owner of the Texas firm and an executive at the Russian company, was also charged with operating as an unregistered agent of the Russian government inside the U.S. by illegally procuring the high-tech microelectronics on behalf of the Russian government.
The U.S. export control regime places companies at a “serious disadvantage” in the international nuclear energy export market, said the Nuclear Energy Institute in a report on nuclear export challenges. The report compared nuclear energy trade regimes in five leading supplier regimes with the U.S. export control regime. “Compared to the nuclear export control regimes of Russia, Japan, ROK and France, the U.S. regime is, in many respects, more complex, restrictive and time-consuming to navigate and fulfill,” the report said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security barred Anna Fermanova’s export privileges for five years in connection with her conviction for violating the Arms Export Control Act by exporting a night vision weapon sight to Russia without the required license. The item was listed on the U.S. munitions list, but Fermanova didn’t get State Department authorization for the export. Fermanova was sentenced in October 2011 to four months of prison and four months of house arrest for the crime, as well as a $1,000 fine. The Plano, Texas, woman was released from prison in May. BIS also revoked all licenses outstanding at the time of her conviction.
On Sept. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Sept. 21-27.
On Sept. 24 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports: