From March 29 to April 3, 2012, the Foreign Agriculture 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:
From March 26 to March 28, 2012, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration issued a correction to its April 2, 2012, notice of opportunity to request administrative reviews. According to the ITA, it inadvertently omitted the opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ammonium nitrate from Russia (A-821-811) for the period of review 05/02/11 -- 03/31/12).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 10, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
From March 21 to March 23, 2012, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration is announcing the opportunity to request administrative reviews by April 30, 2012, for producers and exporters subject to 7 antidumping orders and one countervailing duty order with April anniversary dates. Affected products include Activated Carbon, Frontseating Service Valves, etc.
Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., voiced some concern over efforts to grant Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR), during a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing March 27, 2012. Burton, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia said he was concerned over the timing of graduating Russia from the Jackson-Vanik amendment, but also said he worried about what the alternative would be. Burton said if Russia is graduated from Jackson-Vanik, the U.S. should continue to support democracy and human rights in Russia.
The International Trade Commission said it extended the deadline to submit a report to the Senate Finance Committee on its investigation into the global competitiveness of Brazilian agricultural exports and its impact on U.S. agricultural exporters in third country markets to April 26, 2012 (from March 26, 2012).
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the March 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora has issued the following notification to the parties for March 21, 2012: