BIS Official Touts Impact of US, Ally Export Controls Against Russia
Shipments of export-controlled technologies from the U.S. and its allies to Russia have dropped nearly 50% by value since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, said Thea Kendler, the Bureau of Industry and Security’s assistant secretary for export administration. Kendler, speaking during a conference last week hosted by the Association of Women in International Trade, touted the impact of export restrictions imposed by Japan, the U.K., South Korea and other nations she said are part of the Global Export Control Coalition (GECC), adding that the controls have led to the “severe deterioration” of Russia’s ability to sustain its military.
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Direct GECC exports to Russia have dropped by 72%, including a 55% decrease in exports from the information and communications, aerospace, nuclear technology, and weapons sectors, Kendler said, according to a copy of her remarks released by BIS March 6. GECC trade in railway freight cars and oil drilling platforms are also down nearly 100%, Kendler said, and vehicle exports are down 65%
The U.S. and other countries plan to “close gaps in our controls” to further limit goods to Russia, she said. BIS is looking to increase enforcement by looking at “unusual trade patterns, focusing on increases in Russian imports from countries that may have become transshipment hubs and at points of origin for the trade through those hubs,” Kendler said. BIS “will use all the regulatory and enforcement tools available to us to counter Russia’s illicit procurement.”