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U.S. and China Reach Agreement on VEU Program

Posted on January 13, 2009
As a follow-up to our previous post on negotiations involving the China Validated End-User (VEU) program, the Bureau of Industry and Security and China's Ministry of Commerce last night concluded an agreement that would fully implement the China VEU program...

CBP Announces Decrease in Interest Rates Applicable to Overpayments and Underpayments of Customs Duties

Posted on January 12, 2009
As a result of falling short-term interest rates, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced in today's Federal Register a decrease in the interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties...

Export Control Reform Study Finds U.S. Export Control System is Broken and Should be Restructured

Posted on January 12, 2009
In the latest study of the U.S. export controls system, the National Research Council of the National Academies last week released a report entitled "Beyond Fortress America: National Security Controls on Science and Technology in a Globalized World." The report, which was written by a committee...

BIS Working to Finalize China VEU Inspection Agreement

Posted on January 12, 2009
Bloomberg reported this afternoon that the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Government of the People's Republic of China are making a last ditch effort to finalize an agreement that would allow the China Validated End-User (VEU) program to continue by permitting...

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OFAC Issues December 2008 Monthly Civil Penalties Report

Posted on January 11, 2009
On December 31, 2008, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued its monthly report (pdf) of civil penalties imposed on companies and individuals for allegedly violating the sanctions regimes administered by OFAC. Companies - OFAC announced the following three...

CBP Announces 10+2 Outreach Schedule

Posted on January 11, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hosting trade outreach events in various locations around the country to provide the trade community with an opportunity to learn more about the new Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements (a...

2009 Version of U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Schedule B Numbers Now Available

Posted on January 11, 2009
The 2009 version of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTUSA) is now available and can be found here on the U.S. International Trade Commission's website. Among other things, the 2009 HTSUSA contains the rules of origin for the U...

Lethal Technology Making Way From U.S. to Iran Via Front Companies

Posted on January 11, 2009
In connection with a series of export control case studies issued by the Washington, DC-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), today's Washington Post reports on the various networks used by Iran and Pakistan to obtain U.S. and European products via front companies...

U.S. Revokes Antidumping Order on Rebar From Turkey

Posted on January 11, 2009
After being in effect for nearly 12 years, on January 5, 2009 the Commerce Department revoked the antidumping order on steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey. This action was taken after the U.S. International Trade Commission determined in a sunset review that revocation of the...

OFAC Issues December 2008 Monthly Civil Penalties Report

40th Anniverary of Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast -- Season's Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2008
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission that led to the famous "Earthrise" photo taken by astronaut William Anders. Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to orbit the moon. Below is NASA's summary of Apollo 8's Christmas eve live television broadcast...

Costa Rica Finally Eligible for CAFTA-DR Benefits on January 1, 2009

Posted on December 23, 2008
President Bush today issued a Proclamation providing that the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) will enter into force for Costa Rica on January 1, 2009. Costa Rican products meeting the rules of origin of the CAFTA-DR that are entered into the U...

Fiat Pays More Than US$17 Million in Connection With FCPA Charges Arising From Oil for Food Program

Posted on December 22, 2008
Italian automobile and truck manufacturer Fiat S.p.A. and several of the company's subsidiaries today agreed to pay a total of more than $17 million in connection with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and U...

Fiat Pays More Than US$17 Million in Connection With FCPA Charges Arising From Oil for Food Program

"Lord of War" Viktor Bout Profiled in The Economist

Posted on December 22, 2008
The year-end edition of The Economist contains an interesting article on Viktor Bout, the notorious arms-dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" and "Lord of War", who was arrested earlier this year in a sting set up by DEA agents in Bangkok, Thailand. The AP reports that Bout testified on Monday in...

CBP Announces Cross-Border Truck User Fee Contingency Plan for January 2009

Posted on December 22, 2008
From Strasburger & Price's Logistics Blog: U.S. Customs & Border Protection (?CBP?) has announced that every truck entering the U.S. in 2009 must pay a fee of $10.75 per crossing or be equipped with a transponder, good for a year, which will cost $205...

Report: At Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line Item

Posted on December 21, 2008
The New York Times, ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization, and PBS?s Frontline published an in-depth story in today's NYT on the Siemens FCPA case. The story includes extensive interviews with a former accountant at Siemens who oversaw an annual bribery budget of about...

"Lord of War" Viktor Bout Profiled in The Economist

Posted on December 21, 2008
The year-end edition of The Economist contains an interesting article on Viktor Bout, the notorious arms-dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" and "Lord of War", who was arrested earlier this year in a sting set up by DEA agents in Bangkok, Thailand. The AP reports that Bout testified on Monday in...

CBP Announces Cross-Border Truck User Fee Contingency Plan for January 2009

Posted on December 21, 2008
From Strasburger amp; Price's Logistics Blog: U.S. Customs amp; Border Protection (?CBP?) has announced that every truck entering the U.S. in 2009 must pay a fee of $10.75 per crossing or be equipped with a transponder, good for a year, which will cost $205...

The Times: Companies Blacklisted in US for Allegedly Backing Mugabe Operate Freely in UK

Posted on December 21, 2008
Monday's Times of London reports on how certain individuals and companies designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as "Mugabe regime cronies" on November 25, 2008 operate freely in the U.K. in spite of Gordon Brown's declaration that ?enough is enough? in Zimbabwe...

Former Willbros Officials Charged With Violating FCPA

Posted on December 21, 2008
The Justice Department announced on Friday that a former executive and a consultant of Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc., have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government officials in Nigeria and...

BIS Publishes Amendments to Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations

Posted on December 20, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in today's Federal Register making various technical amendments to the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) (15 CFR Parts 710 through 721). In addition to updating the address for submitting declarations, reports and...

Florida Jury Convicts Iranian Woman in Night Vision Case

Posted on December 18, 2008
A jury in federal court in Fort Lauderdale Florida today convicted Sharhazad Mir Gholikhan, the Iranian woman accused of violating U.S. law in connection with the attempted sale of 3,500 Generation III night-vision goggles to Iran. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Ms...

Want a Used Space Shuttle? Better Comply With ITAR

Posted on December 18, 2008
NASA is preparing for the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in late 2010 and has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain input from educational institutions, science museums, and other organizations interested in acquiring and displaying the Space Shuttle Orbiters and Space Shuttle...

State Department Imposes ITAR Denial Policy on Blackwater

Posted on December 18, 2008
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published in today's Federal Register a notice advising that DDTC has imposed a general policy of denial on export licenses, ITAR authorizations and exemptions associated with Blackwater USA and its affiliates owned by EP...

BIS Points Out Inaccuracies in Washington Times Report on Suspension of VEU Program

Posted on December 17, 2008
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso made the following statement today in response to the Washington Times article entitled ?U.S. to Tighten Export Rules on 5 Firms in China (see yesterday's post on this story here):? First, the Validated End User (VEU) program...

Former Employee of Arizona Nuclear Power Plant Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison in Connection With Exporting Software to Iran

Posted on December 17, 2008
Mohammad Reza Alavi, a former employee of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona, was sentenced today in federal district court in Phoenix to 15 months in prison in connection with exporting software to Iran. Alavi was found guilty by a federal jury on May 27, 2008 for Unauthorized...

BIS Reportedly Plans to Suspend China VEU Program

Posted on December 17, 2008
The Washington Times reported tonight that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is close to issuing a new regulation that would suspend the China Validated End-User (VEU) program until China agrees to on-site inspections of the five Chinese companies that have been granted VEU status...

BIS Publishes Comments on Proposed License Exception Intra-Company Transfer

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security has posted the public comments submitted on the proposed rule to establish License Exception Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) that was issued by BIS on October 3, 2008. BIS received 18 comments on the proposed rule from individuals, companies and trade associations...

A Harmonized (Tariff) Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2008
By Tyler Brown, Senior Export Technical Representative, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Office of Export Compliance For this analysis, we assumed that the Lords, Ladies, maids and entertainers are not performing defense services. Articles and material would appear to all be EAR99...

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