The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the February 8, 2012 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
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 International Trade Administration has issued a preliminary negative determination that imports of vanadium pentoxide from the Russian Federation (Russia), that are converted into ferrovanadium in the United States, are circumventing the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium (ferrovanadium) from Russia (A-821-807).
The International Trade Administration, U.S. Commercial Service, and Department of Energy are organizing an Energy Efficiency Trade Mission to Moscow and St. Petersburg on June 4-7, 2012. The Commerce Department will review applications from the applicant pool on a first come first-served basis beginning March 30, 2012. Applications received after March 30, 2012 will be considered only if space and scheduling constraints permit
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has recently revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries:
On January 25, 2011 the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports
During his January 24, 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama announced the creation of a new Trade Enforcement Unit to investigate unfair trade practices in countries like China, reported that his administration is on track to double exports in less than five years, and mentioned his request for authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy and his tax proposals to promote insourcing.
The South Korean Customs Service (KCS) has reset the launch date for its Advance Manifest System (AMS) to spring/summer 2012. Although the KCS Web site states that its AMS would be launched on December 1, 2011, a number of major carriers indicate that AMS has been postponed until April 1, 2012 for air/ocean exports from Korea and June 1, 2012 for air imports to Korea (some sources indicate this date also applies to ocean imports to Korea, some do not)1. Highlights of AMS guidelines issued by Korean Customs in September 2011 include:
Senate Majority Leader Reid, who had previously planned to bring the Protect IP Act (S. 968, PIPA) up for consideration in the Senate on January 24, 2012, has decided to postpone the vote on PIPA. In his statement, Reid encourages the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to continue engaging with all stakeholders to forge a balance between protecting U.S. intellectual property and maintaining openness and innovation on the internet. He expressed optimism that a compromise can be reached in the coming weeks.
In the January 7-10, 2012 editions of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has stated that a growing number of countries are requesting the inclusion of commercially-important native trees in CITES Appendix III so that importing and other exporting states can help ensure that only legal timber and other tree products find their way into the international market. Russia, Bolivia and the Seychelles made such requests in 2010, and Brazil, Panama, and Madagascar in 2011. Around 350 tree species are now included in the three CITES Appendices, and trade in their products is therefore subject to regulation to avoid utilization that is incompatible with their survival.