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Special Issues

• 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
     

  Section 232 Homepage: Section 232 Investigations

• 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].