Trade

  • Aluminium & steel import ban

    Prohibit the import of aluminum and steel products originating from Russia.

  • 10th package of sanctions against Russia

    The agreed package includes bans on:

    exports of critical technology and industrial goods;
    imports of asphalt and synthetic rubber;
    provision of gas storage capacity to Russian entities;
    transit through Russia of EU exported dual use goods and technology.

  • Import and service bans on Russian oil products above ceiling price

    An import ban applies to oil products of Russian origin bought at a price exceeding the ceiling price unless permission is obtained from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. A license must be obtained for the provision of loan agreements, debt guarantee contracts, debts offsets, brokerage transactions, and other designated services related to the purchase of oil products of Russian origin bought at a price exceeding the ceiling price. 

  • Oil price cap enforcement

    OFAC announces that, from 5 February 2023, US persons will be barred from providing maritime-transport and related services for Russian-origin petroleum products unless the cargo is sold at or below a forthcoming price cap.

  • Secondary sanctions for significant transactions with Russian gold

    The NDAA orders blocking and visa sanctions on any non-US person who knowingly conducts a significant transaction involving the sale, supply, transfer or transport of Russian gold.

  • Oil cap enforcement, prohibition of services

    Prohibit the provision of services, in relation to the maritime transport of Russian crude oil, unless the oil is purchased at or below the price outlined in the G7+ Coalition Oil Price Cap List. Listed 33 Generals and 6 entities.

  • New general and Russian entities sanctions

    Sanctions of 58 Russian Generals, 9 Russian entities and 23 Generals who are considered to have been directly responsible for the unilateral annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

  • Export ban for 20 entities, export ban for materials used for chemical weapon production

    A ban on exporting products of Japanese origin to 20 designated entities and one General of the Russian Federation.
    A ban on exporting to Russia products of Japanese origin that can be used for the production of chemical weapons etc.

  • Prohibition of services to Russian industries

    Prohibit the provision of 2 manufacturing services to the Russian oil, gas, chemical and manufacturing industries. Canada targeted the manufacturing sector by adding 8 new industries to Schedule 8 (prohibition of services).

  • New sanctioned generals, entities, and service bans related to Russia and Belarus

    Sanctions include the designation of an additional 57 Generals and 6 entities related to the Russian Federation and 5 Generals, who are subjected to restrictions on payments, requiring a license to make a payment to the designated persons or entities, and restrictions on capital transactions, requiring a license for capital transactions including deposits, trusts, and loan contracts with the designated persons or entities. Effective 5 July 2022, the Japanese government introduced an export ban to the designated entities of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. Effective from July 2022, the provision of trust, accounting and auditing services, and management consulting services to the Russian Federation is prohibited unless a license has been obtained from the Japanese government. This ban does not apply to the provision of such services to subsidiaries of Japanese companies in Russia.