Tokyo Prohibits Exports Of Radioactive Substances, Vaccines, Robots To Russia
Date
1/27/2023 11:08:20 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) As part of its new package of sanctions, the government of Japan
has prohibited exports of radioactive materials, vaccines, medical
goods and robots to Russia, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade
and industry said in a statement on Friday, trend reports citing
tass .
The ban also includes equipment for atomic facilities and for
oil and gas prospecting. It also bars exports of various chemicals,
including tear gas and fingerprint powder.
Overall, the new list has over 80 entries. The measures will
come into force on February 3.
Japan has so far imposed several sets of sanctions over the
Ukraine crisis, which target more than 900 individuals and over 50
entities. Tokyo has also frozen the assets of Otkritie Bank,
Novikombank, Sovcombank, VTB, Rossiya Bank, Promsvyazbank, VEB.RF,
Sberbank and Alfa-Bank as well as of about 40 Russian organizations
and companies.
The list of goods and technologies prohibited for export
includes some 500 items. Among them are semiconductors,
communications equipment, software, oil refining equipment, cargo
vehicles, and processing machines. Exports of luxury items to
Russia, as well as Russian gold imports, were also banned. In
addition, some chemicals, such as chlorine, methanol, acetone,
ethylene, and sodium hypochlorite, were prohibited for export to
Russia.
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