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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Notice 6 Mar 2025 export regulations, global trade, business compliance, import regulations, diamond trade, state department, uzbekistan

💎Updated List of Participants in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

The Department of State is updating the list of Participants eligible for trade in rough diamonds under the Act, and their respective Importing and Exporting Authorities, revising the previously published list of April 6, 2022, to reflect the addition of Uzbekistan as a Participant.

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