The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective April 18, 2011, to implement additional changes to the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to 15 CFR 744) on the basis of the annual review of the Entity List conducted by the End-User Review Committee (ERC), etc. In this final rule, BIS amends the Entity List to remove one U.K. and one United Arab Emirates (UAE) entity from the List, add addresses or aliases or clarify the names for certain Iran and UAE entities, and correct the list of aliases for one China entity.
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:
During the April 13-14, 2011 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Annual Trade Symposium, CBP officials provided an overview of possible preventative actions importers can take against the Asian Gypsy Moth, Khapra beetle, and other agriculture-related contamination of carriers, and possible remedial actions CBP can take if such contamination is found.
China's Ministry of Commerce reports that according to the International Monetary Fund, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will continue to see robust economic growth in 2011. The world output is projected to rise by 4.4% this year, while emerging and developing economies will grow at a much higher 6.5%. (According to Wikipedia, South Africa joined this group on December 24, 2010.)
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has recently revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has updated its beef export requirements for the following countries with an approved Export Verification Program, under which only certain product and/or product codes are allowed for export:
On April 6, 2011, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On April 7, 2011, President Obama and Colombian President Santos will meet to approve a recently agreed-upon “Action Plan Related to Labor Rights” for workers in Colombia. According to the U.S. Trade Representative, agreement on the Action Plan clears the way for the Administration to begin discussions with Congress on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA)1.
On April 5, 2011, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On March 30, 2011, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued its 26th annual 2011 National Trade Estimate Report to Congress, which describes significant barriers U.S. trade and investment faced in the largest markets for U.S. exports in 2010.
On March 30, 2011, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative transmitted to Congress its second annual report detailing the Administration's efforts to reduce and remove key technical barriers1 to exports of U.S. agricultural, manufactured, and consumer products.