The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.

The U.K. on March 24 revised two Russia-related general licenses to capture certain transactions with Russian commercial bank T-Bank. The licenses, which authorize certain humanitarian activity and energy-related payments, had previously allowed certain transactions with Rosbank or Tinkoff Bank. Tinkoff Bank has since changed its name to T-Bank (see 2503070043), and the company operates Rosbank as one of its branches.

Canada last week announced new sanctions against people in Haiti and Venezuela for their ties to human rights violations and causing instability within the countries.

The U.K.’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation this week sanctioned four current or former Sri Lankan officials for human rights violations and revised an existing entry for a sanctioned Russian business executive.

The U.S. is giving oil company Chevron more time to wind down certain oil activities in Venezuela that had been authorized by an Office of Foreign Assets Control general license, OFAC said March 24.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is adding 82 entities, mostly in China, to the Entity List, it said in two final rules released March 25. One notice, effective March 25, adds 11 mainland China-based companies and one Taiwanese company for trying to illegally buy export-controlled items for the country’s military or for having other ties to Chinese military end users. Another notice, effective March 28, will add 42 entities in China, 19 in Pakistan, four in the United Arab Emirates, three in South Africa and two in Iran for a range of reasons that are “contrary to the national security and foreign policy” of the U.S., including some for contributing to China’s quantum technology capabilities.

Companies moving export-controlled goods should generally require customers to fill out end-user and end-use statements for all transactions, even if the shipments are for less sensitive EAR99 items, Commerce Department officials said.

A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has approved a confidential agreement to settle allegations by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. that ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) violated the terms of a service contract and unjustly assessed millions of dollars in demurrage and detention fees, according to an FMC notice released March 21.

Ethiopia hopes to join the World Trade Organization by the 14th Ministerial Conference, which will take place in March 2026, the WTO said. During a March 19 meeting of the WTO Working Party on Ethiopia's accession, the country said "its goods offer commits the country to bound rates -- maximum tariffs -- lower than those" found in the benchmark for least developed countries for the agricultural sector.

The State Department approved a possible $100 million military sale to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week. The sale includes "Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems" and related support. The principal contractor will be BAE Systems.