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Applications Related to Belavia – Belarusian Airlines
On September 12, 2025, BIS issued a letter authorizing, among other activities, flights of certain Belavia aircraft subject to the Export Administration Regulations between Belarus and most other destinations and the service, maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of such aircraft. BIS also issued a Statement of Policy regarding the review of applications involving certain items for use in connection with Belavia aircraft. At the same time, BIS removed eight Belavia aircraft from the General Prohibition 10 (GP10) list.
Statement of Policy
Letter Authorization
Updated GP10 List
Section 232 Investigations
The Secretary of Commerce initiated investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on the national security of imports of the following:
- Copper
- Timber and Lumber
- Semiconductors
- Pharmaceuticals
- Trucks
- Critical Minerals
- Commercial Aircraft
- Polysilicon
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Wind Turbines
- Medical Products
- Robotics and Industrial Machinery
On September 15, 2025, BIS opened the inclusions window for steel and aluminum products and will be accepting requests until September 29, 2025 through the [email protected] mailbox.
For more information on the requirements for filing, see: Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions Process.
Legacy SNAP-R Decommissioned
The legacy SNAP-R and self-management software were decommissioned on June 30, 2025. If you have not already done so, please migrate your account(s) to the updated SNAP-R application for access to the system. Each individual is required to migrate their account. Details on the step-by-step migration process can be found here. If you run into issues, please contact [email protected].
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