revenues , could see those watered down next year . " It 's getting harder to hold the line , " said one , from another country which wants the sanctions maintained . " The sanctions would probably not all be lifted at once , but there could be a decision to lift them in one sector next year . "
Deputy Spokesperson @Toner_Mark outlines joint declaration for exportmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportand use of UAVs . https://t.co/0He6M4e07C — Department of State ( @StateDept ) October 5 , 2016
By By Kesavan Unnikrishnan Mar 13 , 2016 in Environment A newly released government document says the Canadian government is spending $ 2.5 million to monitor the annual commercial seal hunt , the largest marine mammal cull on the planet , which had an exportmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportvalue of only $ 500,000 . Commercial hunt has shrunk in recent years as major export markets such as the European Union , the United States and Russia have banned import of seal - fur products over animal - welfare concerns . Still , more than 38,000 seals were killed in the year 2015 .
Acetylfentanyl , for example , is a weaker cousin of carfentanil that China included on last year 's list of restricted substances . Six months later , monthly seizures of acetylfentanyl in the U.S. had plummeted by 60 percent , DEA data obtained by the AP shows . Several vendors contacted in September were willing to exportmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportcarfentanil , but refused to ship the far less potent acetylfentanyl . A Jilin Tely Import & Export Co. saleswoman offered carfentanil for $ 3,800 a kilogram , but wrote , with an apologetic happy face , that she could n't ship acetylfentanyl because it " is regulated by the government now . " Contacted by the AP , the company said it had never shipped carfentanil to North America and had offered to sell it just " to attract the customer . "