The World Health Organization issued the following notices since International Trade Today’s last health and travel updates:
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:
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on grain-oriented electrical steel from China, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Russia are set to end with no duties imposed, after the International Trade Commission on Oct. 23 voted that imports of GOES from the four countries are not injuring U.S. industry (here). The ITC reached the same conclusion in August for three other GOES exporters, Germany, Poland and Japan, so the ITC's vote means all seven countries subject to AD/CV duty investigations initiated in October 2013 won't get hit with AD/CV duties (see 14082803). The commission split 5-1, with only new commissioner Rhonda Schmidtlein finding injury. The Commerce Department will now terminate the proceeding, and order refunds of all cash deposits collected in connection with the investigation. No AD/CV duties will be assessed on importers. The U.S. companies and trade unions that requested the investigations announced their intent to appeal shortly after the ITC decision was announced (here).
On Oct. 20 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
In the Oct 17-20 editions of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 17 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
On Oct. 14-15 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Oct. 6-10 in case they were missed.
On Oct. 10-13 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Oct. 9 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department settled a civil case with an Intel Corporation subsidiary, Wind River Systems, on Oct. 7 over encryption software sales to foreign entities, some of which are sanctioned by the BIS Entity List. The company is set to pay $750,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security in the next 30 days, and if the payment is not made on time, BIS threatened to build interest on the figure and prevent the company from exporting goods. Wind River Systems, based in of Alameda, Calif., exported software valued at $2.9 million to end-users in China, Hong Kong, Russia, Israel, South Africa, and South Korea on 55 occasions between 2008 and 2011, BIS said. Meanwhile, BIS also settled on Oct. 7 an enforcement case into EAR violations committed by a Belgian firm. Robbins and Myers Belgium allegedly sold heat-treated special alloy tubes lined with helical-shaped rubber inserts to Syria in 2006. The product is used in oil and gas drilling and exploration, BIS said. Robbins and Myers Belgium will have to pay $600,000 within 30 days or BIS will build interest on the sum and bar the company’s exports.