On July 13 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 following are the trade-related hearings scheduled July 16-20:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for July 6-12:
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for July 13 (note that some may also be given separate headlines)
The Export-Import Bank authorized more than $23.7 billion in financing during the first nine months of fiscal 2012, the bank said as the Commerce Department released data showing that U.S. exported $183 billion in goods and services in May. “U.S. exports have exceeded $180 billion every month this year,” said Fred P. Hochberg, Ex-Im chairman. “Exports remain a true bright spot in our economic recovery and are instrumental in creating and sustaining American jobs.” Exports of goods and services over the last twelve months totaled $2.15 trillion, which is 36.3 percent above the level of exports in 2009, the bank said. Over the last year, exports have been growing at an annualized rate of 13.7 percent when compared with 2009, it said. Over the last twelve months, the major export markets with the largest annualized increase in U.S. goods purchases were Panama (37.5 percent), Turkey (31.5 percent), Argentina (30.1 percent), Chile (29.1 percent), Hong Kong (29.0 percent), Honduras (27.8 percent), Peru (26.3 percent), Russia (26.2 percent), Brazil (23.5 percent), and Ecuador (22.7 percent).
On July 11 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On July 10 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Russian Duma ratified Russia’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession package. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the U.S. is "pleased" that Russia has "completed this critical first step in its domestic process" for becoming a WTO member. "Russia’s membership in the rules-based global trading system of the WTO will contribute to Russia’s economic growth as well as provide us with new opportunities to guide and grow our bilateral economic relationship," Kirk said. The legislation now moves to the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament, the Federation Council, for adoption, and then to the President for signature. Russia has until July 23 to notify the WTO.
The Office of U.S. Trade Representative announced the results of the 2011 Annual Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Review, in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication July 12. It also scheduled public comments and a public hearing for new country practice petitions for Fiji, Indonesia, Iraq, and Ukraine, and announced the closure of the country practices review of Sri Lanka's worker rights practices, and the designation of Afghanistan as a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for purposes of the GSP. Some specific results of the review:
In the July 2-6, 2012, editions of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted: