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  • Section 232 Investigations

    On March 10, the Secretary of Commerce initiated investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, to determine the effects on the national security of imports of copper and timber and lumber. These investigations were initiated pursuant to Executive Orders 14220 and 14223.

    Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or information pertinent to these investigations to https://www.regulations.gov by April 1, 2025. The regulations.gov ID for Copper is BIS-2025-0010 and the ID for Timber and Lumber is BIS-2025-0011. Review the Federal Register Notices for the Copper investigation here and the Timber and Lumber investigation here.

    Section 232 homepage: Section 232 Investigations

  • OPEN! BIS Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy

    March 18-20, 2025

    The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will hold the 2025 Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy from Tuesday, March 18 through Thursday, March 20 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. This 37th annual conference will be offered in-person only, for two and a half days, with an evening reception.

  • Important Information for SNAP-R Users

    Please verify that the email address in your user profile in SNAP-R is unique to you, correct, and valid. Changes are coming soon. To improve usability and security, the current Login ID will be replaced with your unique email address in SNAP-R to enable the required two-factor authentication procedures. As such, each user will need to update their profile with a unique email address by January 31, 2025.

  • Commerce Department Prohibits Russian Kaspersky Software for U.S. Customers

    On June 20, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based anti-virus software and cybersecurity company, from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons.

  • Six Years of Enhancing Scrutiny & Expanding Controls: BIS Licensing Policy Toward the People’s Republic of China (2018-2023)

    BIS is providing data on license applications processed from January 2018 through December 2023 for entities on the Entity List that are located in the PRC. In light of Congressional and public interest in this topic, BIS is providing additional information and context for this data in accordance with the confidentiality requirements of Section 1761(h) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.

  • Firearms Rule

    On April 30, 2024, BIS will publish an interim final rule (IFR) updating the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to enhance the control structure for firearms and related items under BIS’s jurisdiction. The April 2024 IFR, which will be effective on May 30, 2024, includes, among other updates, revised license review policies for firearms and related items.

  • Russia and Belarus export controls

    Find resources on export controls implemented in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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