Additional duties have been imposed by the UK government on a number of commodities originating in Russia and Belarus. The new duties will take effect on 25 March. Russian and Belarusian items that have already left the country before the new tariffs take effect on 25 March are exempt. Before 25 March, the products must have fulfilled Russian or Belarusian export requirements and exited those countries. The respective additional duties for Russia can be found…
The UK announced on 15 March 2022 that it will impose import tariffs on hundreds of key Russian products. In addition to banning the export of luxury goods to Russia, the UK government has also published an initial list of goods worth £900 million – including vodka – which will now face additional 35 percent tariff, on top of any tariffs that are currently applicable. These relevant products are as follows: Iron, steel, fertilisers, wood,…
The EU introduced, on 15 March 2022, a number of additional sanctions measures including in particular on the direct or indirect import of certain iron and steel products if they originate in or have been exported from Russia. Full details of the sanctioned iron and steel items are set in Annex XVII to the applicable amending regulations (being Council Regulation (EU) 2022/248, available here). It is estimated, in accordance with the European Commission’s (“EC”)…
On February 24, 2022, each of the three Belgian Regions (the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels Regions) announced that all export licenses issued by their services with Russia as destination country or country of end-use will be temporarily suspended. The suspension will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis. The Flemish Strategic Goods Control Unit, which is responsible for issuing licenses for the export of military and dual-use items in the Flemish Region, indicated that for transactions…