Countries that may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott -- according to the Treasury Department -- are:

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following entities to its Specially Designated Nationals list May 23. All have been added under Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions and Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations unless otherwise noted:

The Office of Foreign Assets Control removed the following entity from its Part 561 list May 17:

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control adding the following entities to its Specially Designated Nationals list May 16. All were added under Syrian Sanctions Regulations unless otherwise noted:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following entities to its Specially Designated Nationals List May 15. Both were added under Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended terrorism program general licenses to reflect new Palestinian leadership, the agency said May 14. The amended general license authorizes U.S. persons to engage in certain otherwise prohibited transactions with the Palestinian Authority. The revised license defines that Authority as: “the Palestinian Authority government of President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, or any successor Prime Minister appointed by President Abbas, including all branches, ministries, offices, and agencies (independent or otherwise) thereof.”

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individual to its Specially Designated Nationals List:

An international marine mutual insurance group agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle potential liability for alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran, Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said May 9. The American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association agreed to remit $348,000, OFAC said. The New York-based nonprofit insurance association, also called the American Club, is made of merchant ship owners and charters.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control within the Treasury Department added new entities to its Specially Designated Nationals list May 9. The following were all added under Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations and Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, unless otherwise noted.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued 223 licenses authorizing exports of agricultural commodities, medicine and medical devices to Iran and Sudan in the first quarter of 2013, OFAC said in a May 10 report of its licensing activities. The agency has authority over such licenses through the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act. Most of the licenses -- 189 -- were for Iran; 34 were for Sudan, OFAC said. The agency also issued 115 license amendments and 13 denial letters over the quarter, which runs from October through Dec. 31, 2012. A large majority of the total number of licenses were for exporting medical devices.