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US – OFAC amends WMD Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

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On October 1, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury, published in the Federal Register a final rule amending the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations (WMD Regulations; 31 CFR part 544) to update a note to describe how persons designated pursuant to the WMD Regulations for North Korea-related activities are identified on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Specifically, OFAC is amending the note to explain that…

US – OFAC issues International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations

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On October 1, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury, published in the Federal Register a final rule adding regulations [31 CFR Part 520]  to implement Executive Order 13928 of June 11, 2020 (“Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International Criminal Court”). The Regulations are being published in abbreviated form at this time for the purpose of providing immediate guidance to the public. OFAC intends to supplement these regulations with a…

US – CBP issues detention order on palm oil produced with forced labor in Malaysia

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On September 30, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a press release announcing that effective September 30 at all U.S. ports of entry, CBP will detain palm oil and palm oil products made by FGV Holdings Berhad and its subsidiaries and joint ventures. CBP’s Office of Trade directed the issuance of a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against palm oil and palm oil products made by FGV based on information that reasonably indicates the…

US – CBP issues guidance on CBTPA

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On September 30, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued CSMS #44272485 – GUIDANCE: Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBPTA) is scheduled to expire October 1, 2020, which informs the Trade of the impending expiration of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and the requirement to collect duties. Barring congressional action, CBTPA special program indicators (SPI) “R” and the provisional Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers (used for textile and apparel goods) below will…

UK updates unilateral sanctions targeting Belarus officials

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On 29 September 2020, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation announced that 8 Belarusian officials, including Alexander Lukashenko, his son Victor, and other senior Belarusian government officials, have been subjected to sanctions (asset freezes and travel bans) under the UK’s autonomous Global Human Rights sanctions regime. This regime was introduced earlier in 2020 as a “Magnitsky-style” regime, and is the first autonomous sanctions regime adopted by the UK following its departure from the EU. For…

US – State issues Cuba Prohibited Accommodations and updated Cuba Restricted Lists

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On September 28, 2020, the State Department published in the Federal Register the initial Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List [Public Notice 11217] identifying properties subject to additional prohibitions with respect to certain lodging-related transactions under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR). The State Department will update the CPA List periodically via the Federal Register and on its website. On September 29, 2020, the State Department published in the Federal Register an update to its List of…

US – CBP issues guidance on Tranche 1 ($34 Bn) extensions

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On September 28, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #44243021 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Tranche 1 – $34B Action Extension of Product Exclusions from China, which is reproduced below: Background On September 22, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 59587 to extend through December 31, 2020 certain product exclusions previously covered by the September 20, 2019 notice (see 84 FR 49564) for Section 301 duties on China (Tranche 1 – $34B Action). This product exclusion extension relates…

US – CBP modifies test re: electronic FTZ admission applications

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On September 25, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register a general notice that announces modifications to CBP’s test program for submitting electronic Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) admission applications. Specifically, this notice announces that the zone identification number is being expanded from seven to nine digits and that test participants will now have the ability to submit “replace” requests to modify parts of an admission while retaining the original filing date,…

US – Commerce reopens comment period for Section 232 national security investigation of imports of vanadium

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On September 25, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. BIS-2020-0002] on reopening of the comment period for previously published notice of request for public comments. On June 3, 2020, the BIS published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Vanadium. The June 3 notice specified that the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine…

US – Temporary travel restrictions applicable to land ports of entry and ferries between the US and Canada or Mexico continued

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On September 23, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue until October 21, 2020, to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in the document. In a separate notice published…