GL 30B
GL 30B — Port and Airport Operations in Venezuela
Version history
- Feb 10, 2026Efectiva el 10-feb-2026, la GL 30B reemplaza y deja sin efecto en su totalidad a la GL 30A (2-feb-2021).
Issued
Feb 10, 2026
Expiration
No expiration
Authorized entity
Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuáticos (INEA) y entidades asociadas
Type
General
Regulation
31 CFR part 591 (VSR)
Executive orders
E.O. 13884, E.O. 13850 (modificada por E.O. 13857)
Signatory
Bradley T. Smith, Director, OFAC
Signed
Feb 10, 2026
Scope
Authorizes transactions "ordinarily incident and necessary" to the operation or use of ports and airports in Venezuela. Replaces GL 30A (February 2021) and removes the prior prohibition on the exportation or re-exportation of diluents to Venezuela.
Authorized parties
Authorized activities
- ·Servicios de pilotaje, atraque y handling portuario
- ·Operaciones de control aéreo y handling aeroportuario
- ·Tasas y derechos pagados a INEA y entidades asociadas
- ·Exportación y re-exportación de diluyentes (cambio clave vs GL 30A)
Prohibited activities
- ·Transacciones con personas bloqueadas distintas de INEA y sus entidades asociadas
- ·Transacciones con personas del gobierno VE bloqueadas únicamente por EO 13884 (salvo autorización separada)
VENE · ECONOMIST Analysis
- Fact
- OFAC publicó GL 30B el 10 de febrero de 2026, reemplazando la GL 30A vigente desde febrero de 2021. La modificación principal habilita el flujo de diluyentes hacia Venezuela, requisito técnico crítico para mezclar el crudo extrapesado del Orinoco hasta especificación exportable (Merey 16).
- Implication
- Restablece la cadena logística completa de exportación. Vitol, Trafigura y los traders ya operando bajo GL 46B pueden ahora contratar nafta, gasolina natural y condensados importados como diluyentes sin licencia específica, reduciendo el costo de lifting unitario. Bullish para el volumen exportable Merey y para servicers portuarios (PSA, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd).
- Indicator to monitor
- Volumen mensual de importación de diluyentes reportado por Refinitiv/Kpler. Tráfico portuario José/Puerto Cabello/Amuay vs. 2025. Anuncios de contratos de diluyentes por traders tier-1.
Official license textShow
General License No. 30B — Authorizing Certain Transactions Necessary to Port and Airport Operations
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions and activities involving the Government of Venezuela prohibited by E.O. 13884 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to operations or use of ports and airports in Venezuela are authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions prohibited by E.O. 13850 (as amended by E.O. 13857) involving the Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuaticos (INEA), or any entity in which INEA owns a 50 percent or greater interest, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to operations or use of ports and airports in Venezuela are authorized.
(c) This general license does not authorize any transactions otherwise prohibited by the VSR or any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or with any blocked person other than INEA (or INEA Entities), or any Government of Venezuela person blocked solely pursuant to E.O. 13884, unless separately authorized.
(d) Effective February 10, 2026, General License No. 30A (February 2, 2021) is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 30B.
Bradley T. Smith — Director, OFAC. Dated: February 10, 2026.
Official source
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