Final Rule on Jade Import Ban

(World Trade Interactive)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is adopting as a final rule, without change, interim amendments to its regulations that were made in January 2009 to implement the provisions of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 and presidential proclamation 8294 of September 26, 2008. These regulations prohibit the importation of Burmese covered articles (jadeite and rubies mined or extracted from Burma and articles of jewelry containing such gems) and set forth conditions for the importation of non-Burmese covered articles (jadeite and rubies mined or extracted from a country other than Burma and articles of jewelry containing such gems).

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