Rule 14 May 2025 customs compliance, ethnological materials, imports, customs duties and inspection, u.s. customs and border protection, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, lebanon, import restrictions, archaeological materials

🏺Emergency Import Restrictions on Lebanese Cultural Materials

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of emergency import restrictions on categories of archaeological and ethnological material of Lebanon, pursuant to a determination made by the United States Department of State under the terms of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. The emergency import restrictions will be in effect until January 23, 2029, unless extended. This document contains the Designated List of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Lebanon that describes the types of objects or categories of archaeological and ethnological material to which the import restrictions apply.

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Rule 5 May 2025 cultural property, customs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, import restrictions, trade regulations, customs duties and inspection, imports, uzbekistan, archaeological materials

🏺New Import Restrictions on Archaeological Materials from Uzbekistan

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological materials from the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan). These restrictions are imposed pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Uzbekistan, entered into under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. This document amends the CBP regulations by adding Uzbekistan to the list of countries which have bilateral agreements with the United States imposing cultural property import restrictions and contains the Designated List, describing the archaeological and ethnological material to which the restrictions apply.

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