Companies from Armenia and Kyrgyzstan fall under US export restrictions

imposed EXPORT restrictions on 71 organizations. The new measures also affected the export of more than 1.2 thousand goods to RUSSIA and Belarus, including building materials, fabrics,

The US Department of Commerce imposes export restrictions against 69 Russian enterprises. Two foreign companies also fell under the restrictions - Medisar (Armenia), which imports industrial and laboratory chemicals, as well as Tro.Ya, a supplier of electronic equipment and components from Kyrgyzstan.

The document is published in the US federal register, it will come into force on May 23.

According to the US authorities , 69 Russian companies included in the list "provided support to the military-defense complex" of Russia. Among them are the Kazan Powder Plant, the Central Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics, the Bryansk Automobile Plant, JSC Concern NPO Avrora, the Tula Machine-Building Plant, the Burevestnik Research Institute and CJSC Special Design Bureau.

The reason for the listing of companies from Armenia and Kyrgyzstan was that their actions “prevented the successful verification of who is the final recipient of their products.”

Another document outlines restrictions on exports to Russia and Belarus. They will affect paints, building materials, fabrics, transport. In total, the restrictions will affect over 1.2 thousand goods.

These products also include:

bentonite, refractory clay, chalk, gypsum, hydraulic lime and other materials; dyes, printing ink; photographic plates, x-ray film, photographic and film film, photographic paper; refractory cement, mortars and concrete; plastic doors, windows and frames; various rubber products, including retreaded car tires; various types of wood, including mahogany; coniferous wood with boards more than 6 mm wide; various types of plywood; various types of paper, including cardboard , parchment and corrugated paper, paper for printing; yarn, including cotton, cotton fabrics; millstones, grinding stones; ceramic pipes, plates and other products; various types of glass, including protective tempered glass for aircraft and spacecraft; copper alloy plates and sheets, nickel wire and tubes; gas turbines, with a few exceptions, and parts for them; air conditioners and dishwashers; snowplows and snowplows; some categories of escalators and elevators, passenger and freight; roadheaders; drilling equipment; hay mowers, milking machines, poultry incubators, bakery equipment, equipment for the production of confectionery; looms and knitting machines; sewing machines; milling machines; drinks vending machines; passenger ladders; electric shavers and hair clippers; apparatus for welding; telephones, microphones and headphones; buttons, tricycles, puppet carriages; hearing aids and pacemakers; lenses, corrective and sun glasses, etc. ReadPIONERPRODUKT .by Morning exercises: 14 simple exercises with video ALCOHOLISMand extreme weight loss: how roles affect Joaquin Phoenix 15 secrets of successful advertising videos that you did not know Four reasons to have your own cyber incident response center

Over 1,200 six-digit items (subitems) of the commodity nomenclature added to the restrictive list were identified “based on an analysis of public and non-public information related to what products Russia seeks to acquire in order to continue” military operations in Ukraine, explains the US Department of Commerce. Other selection factors were "an assessment of areas where US trade continues to provide economic benefits to Russia" and the harmonization of export controls with allied countries. According to the agency, now in the list of goods requiring a compulsory license for delivery to Russia, there are all goods from chapters 84, 85 and 90 of the Harmonized Tariff System (equipment and mechanical devices; electrical machines and electrical equipment; optical, photographic, measuring and medical devices and tools).

In 2022, the United States exported $315 million of group 84 goods to Russia, $103 million of group 85 goods, and $253 million of group 90 goods. In the first quarter of 2023, deliveries for group 84 amounted to $24.5 million, for group 85 - $5 million , for group 90 - $ 51 million, follows from the data of American customs statistics.

In particular, in 2022, American exports to Russia of instruments and devices used in medicine, surgery, dentistry or veterinary medicine (code 9018) amounted to almost $91 million, in the first quarter of 2023 - $20.5 million. The US licensing policy regarding the export of these goods from chapters 84, 85 and 90 to Russia will be that such licenses will generally not be issued. However, if the supplier proves that the product is not intended for the Russian government or military and is needed for the HEALTH and safety of Russian citizens or for humanitarian purposes, the license may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

The US has announced new export restrictions just as the G7 summit is taking place in Japan. As BLOOMBERG reported , the G7 discussed the possibility of introducing an almost complete ban on exports to Russia, but in the end such a measure was abandoned. According to the interlocutors of the agency, agreeing on such a measure would be “too difficult” for some members of the G7 – for example, in the EU , such a measure would require the approval of all participating countries.

The Russian authorities have warned that if they impose an export ban, they will respond by stopping imports of goods in the most sensitive categories for the G7. In addition, “the grain deal and much else they need will end,” warned Dmitry Medvedev, deputy HEAD of the Russian Security Council . The Kremlin has repeatedly called Western sanctions against Russia illegal and stressed that they will not force the authorities to change their position.