The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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:
On May 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The State Department updated its list of countries (here) certified to have a regulatory program for protection of sea turtles that is comparable to that of the U.S., or fish in conditions that pose no risk to sea turtles, and therefore eligible to export shrimp to the U.S. without a certification from a government official on State Form DS-2031. The list includes 39 countries and one economy. Countries with a comparable regulatory program include Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, and Suriname. Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay harvest in an environment that poses no risk, and the Bahamas, Belize, China, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Oman, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela employ practices that don’t pose a risk to sea turtles, said State.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative countervailing duty determination on cold-rolled steel flat products from China (C-570-030) (here). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after April 20, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated CV duties on future entries if it issues a CV duty order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on cold-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-873) and China (A-570-029) (here). The agency made changes to cash deposit requirements for these countries that will take effect for subject merchandise entered on or after May 24.
On May 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 18, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
On May 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate from Russia (A-821-811) (here), calculating a zero percent AD rate for JSC Acron and its affiliate JSC Dorogobuzh. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from these companies entered between April 2014 and March 2015 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Acron and its affiliate will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
On May 4 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: