Australia will prohibit the import of oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal and other energy products from Russia.

The Autonomous Sanctions (Import Sanctioned Goods—Russia) Designation 2022 (the Designation) designates as 'import sanctioned goods' for Russia all goods in Chapter 27 of the Combined Australian Customs Tariff Nomenclature and Statistical Classification. This document is available on the Australian Border Force website .

The Designation will commence on 25 April, 45 days after the Designation was registered on the Federal Register of Legislation on 11 March. This period will allow Australian businesses with existing contracts for the import of relevant goods to comply with the prohibition.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs made the Designation under subregulation 4A(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

Should you have any questions, you can contact the Australian Sanctions Office using our online portal, Pax.