Belarus Export
Washington HyperFile - East Asia/Pacific Edition
210 TEXT: GLICKMAN TO BOLSTER WHEAT EXPORT PROGRAMS ... [Read More]
Zangger Committee
The purpose of the 35-nation Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Exporters (Zangger) Committee (ZC) is to harmonize implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty's requirement to apply International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards to nuclear exports. Article III.2 of the Treaty requires parties to ensure that IAEA safeguards are applied to exports to non-nuclear weapon states of (a) source or special fissionable material, or (b) equipment or material especially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of special fissionable material. The Committee maintains and updates a list of equipment that may only be exported if safeguards are applied to the recipient facility, called the "Trigger List" because such exports trigger the requirement for safeguards. ... [Read More]
USIA, Economic Perspectives, September 1997 -- SanctionsLaws
This law also amends the Arms Export Control Act and the ExportAdministration Act. Those sections mandate sanctions againstforeigners who export technology or goods that help a terroristcountry acquire chemical or biological weapons. The sanctionsprohibit the foreigner from bidding on a U.S. governmentprocurement contract and from exporting goods to the UnitedStates. ... For Iraq, the 1990 sanctions implementing a United Nationsresolution block financial assets in the United States of theIraqi government. They prohibit most U.S. exports and re-exportsof U.S. goods and technology to Iraq, U.S. imports of goods fromIraq, and financial transactions with the Iraqi government. Unilateral U.S. sanctions also prohibit exports of U.S. servicesto Iraq and block all property assets in the United States of theIraqi government. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
People buying art or antiques should obtain an itemized receipt at the time of purchase or importation. Local customs regulations stipulate that persons importing art or antiques should have written permission for export from the country of departures Ministry of Culture and two stamped photos of each item. Without this documentation, local customs inspectors or the Ministry of Culture here must give permission for export before departure from Belarus. ... There is no restriction on the amount of money that can be imported or exported into or out of Belarus, but amounts in excess of $1500 must be declared by anyone other than accredited diplomats. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Excerpt: Report to Congress Cites Export-Control Regime Shortcomings
We identified several weaknesses in regime activities that could hinder their goal of curbing proliferation of sensitive items and technologies. First, not all regime members share complete and timely information on their export licensing decisions, including denials and approvals of exports. For example, the United States did not report any of 27 export denials to the Australia Group between 1996 and 2001, as expected under regime procedures. Also, about half of the members of the Wassenaar Arrangement- the only regime with reporting time frames- did not submit their export denials on time. Second, several factors complicate the regime goal of applying export controls consistently. It takes some members as much as 1 year to adopt agreed-upon changes to control lists into their national laws or regulations. This lapse of time might allow proliferators seeking sensitive items to exploit disparities in regime members' control lists. In addition, we found significant differences in ... [Read More]
Signatories to the 1970 UNESCO Convention
1 Amended listings of the signatories to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property" are published by the United States in the Federal Register. The Cultural Property staff keeps an updated list of signers in the interim. ... [Read More]
Belarus
A Council of Ministers decree specifically prohibits the import and export of printed, audio, and video materials, or other news media containing information "that could damage the economic and political interests of the country." On June 11 and June 18, authorities seized shipments of the independent newspaper Predprinimatelskaya Gazeta, which printed articles from BDG. ... [Read More]
Belarus
There were no export processing zones. ... A 1997 decree by the Council of Ministers restricts the movement of certain goods across customs borders; the decree specifically prohibits the import and export of printed, audio, and video materials, or other news media containing information "that could damage the economic and political interests of the country." In addition, authorities searched vehicles at border crossings and on several occasions confiscated nonpartisan campaign materials being brought into the country. ... [Read More]
USIA, Economic Perspectives, September 1997 -- ExportControl Laws
Any item on the Munitions List requires a license for export toall countries (with a few exceptions for exports to Canada). Under current regulations, licenses are denied for defense goodsand services exports to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan,Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia-Montenegro,Syria, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. They are denied also tocountries currently subject to U.S. arms embargoes: Burma, China,the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda,Somalia, and Sudan. ... [Read More]
Belarus (10/04)
Export.gov provides a portal to all export-related assistance and market information offered by the federal government and provides trade leads, free export counseling, help with the export process, and more. ... Russia is the largest partner for Belarus in the economic and political fields. In terms of trade, two-thirds of Belarusian exports go to Russia. Due to the structure of Belarusian industry, Belarus relies heavily on other CIS countries and Russia in particular both for export markets and for the supply of raw materials, energy, and components. The introduction of free trade between Russia and Belarus in mid-1995 led to a spectacular growth in bilateral trade, which was only temporarily reversed in the wake of the financial crisis of 1998. The framework for the Russia-Belarusian Union was set out in the Treaty On the Formation of a Community of Russia and Belarus (1996), the Treaty on Russia-Belarus Union, the Union Charter (1997), and the Treaty of the Formation of a Union State (1999). The integration treaties contain commitments to monetary union, equal rights, single citizenship, and a common foreign and defense policy. They also have established a range of institutions modeled aft ... [Read More]
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