EU Updates List of Goods at Risk of Russian Sanctions Evasion
The EU on Oct. 18 updated its list of "critical goods" Russia is seeking to acquire in violation of sanctions and export controls, including through third countries. The list includes mainly industrial goods and dual-use items "critical to the development, production or use of" Russian military systems, the EU said. They include hydrogen peroxide, oil filters, cranes, concrete mixers, various machine parts, pressure-reducing valves, electric conductors, motor vehicles and more.
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The list is meant to support due diligence efforts and "effective compliance by exporters as well as targeted anti-circumvention actions by customs and enforcement agencies of partner countries" that are "determined to ensure that their territories are not being used for circumvention of EU sanctions purposes," the EU said. The bloc said is has seen a "significant increase" in exports of these goods to third countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.