On May 9, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released for public inspection a Final Rule adding hundreds of new items to a list of restricted items in Supplement No. 4 to Part 746 of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). BIS created the Supplement No. 4 list two months ago in March
In Husch Blackwell’s April 2022 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
July 6, 2022, will mark the four-year anniversary of the institution of Section 301 tariffs against approximately $370 Billion in imports from China into the United States. In light of this anniversary, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) is commencing the first phase of its Four-Year Review Process, which will allow representatives of domestic industries which benefit from the trade actions to submit comments on whether or not the Section 301 tariffs should continue. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2022 (unpublished version available here), USTR is requesting interested parties to address whether the imposition of the tariffs has been beneficial. Comments from domestic interested parties must be submitted in a 60-day window prior to the four-year anniversary. The first round of comments will be accepted between May 7, 2022, and July 5, 2022, for the List 1 tariffs which are set to expire on July 6, 2022. Comments related to the List 2 tariffs will be accepted between June 24, 2022, and August 22, 2022, as those tariffs are set to expire on August 23, 2022.
This blog post covers several new sanctions and export controls that the U.S. government imposed on Russia and Belarus in the time period occurring between March 31, 2022 and April 21, 2022. As regular readers are aware, these restrictions are subject to frequent and sudden change. For summaries of previously imposed sanctions and coverage on
Some commercial truck traffic could be moving again at one border bridge as late this afternoon. On April 14, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced an agreement with Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda for heightened inspections on Mexico’s side of the border at the Columbia bridge and the lifting of increased security measures
In Husch Blackwell’s March 2022 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
On March 31, 2022, Delano Growers Grape Products, LLC (“Delano” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of white grape juice concentrate from Argentina.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The merchandise covered by this investigation is grape juice concentrate with a Brix level of 65 to 68,
On March 31, 2022, Giorgio Foods, Inc (“Giorgio” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of certain preserved mushrooms from France, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The merchandise covered by this investigation is preserved mushrooms in containers each holding not more than 255 grams (less
On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) modified and expanded a list of aircraft that have flown into Russia in apparent violation of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). We more thoroughly discussed the implications of this list – which was first published on March 18, 2022 – in our blog post here. The updated list adds 73 additional Boeing-manufactured aircraft and modifies tail and/or serial number information for 13 aircraft previously listed on March 18, 2022. The full list of owners/operators include Aeroflot, AirBridge Cargo, Aviastar-TU, Alrosa, Atran, Azur Air, Nordstar, Nordwind, Pegas Fly, Pobeda, Rossiya, Royal Flight, S7 Airlines, and Utair (FC Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s private Gulfstream jet is also on the list).
On March 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) updated the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) with hundreds of new designations pursuant to Executive Order 14024. The new SDNs include: