US Extends Import Deadline for “Grandfathered” Russian Diamonds by One Year
US Delays Deadline for Importing Pre-Sanction Russian Diamonds to September 2026 The United States government has extended the deadline for importing certain “grandfathered” Russian diamonds by one year, postponing the original September 1, 2025 cutoff to September 1, 2026. Following sanctions on Russian-origin diamonds in March 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License No. 104. This license allowed U.S. importers to bring in select nonindustrial loose diamonds
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