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DFARS Amended to Include Export Control Compliance Clauses in DoD Contracts

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Department of Defense (DoD) published in today's Federal Register the long-awaited regulation amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to address requirements for complying with export control laws and regulations when performing DoD contracts...

DDTC Issues License Application Tip

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls today issued the following reminder on its website: REMINDER: Registrants must ensure that license applications include their registrant name exactly as it appears in the registration letter. Failure to do so may result in a rejection of the application...

U.K. Government Publishes 2007 Annual Strategic Export Controls Report

Posted on July 21, 2008
The U.K. Government has published its 11th annual Strategic Export Controls report for the 2007 calendar year. In addition to describing various changes to U.K. export controls policies during the past year, the report indicates that in 2007 the U.K...

DDTC Limits Registration Period to One Year

Posted on July 20, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published in Friday's Federal Register a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to limit the registration period to one year, instead of up to two years, for both new registrants and for those renewing their...

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Zimbabwe May Seize Foreign Firms to Counter International Sanctions

Posted on July 20, 2008
Zimbabwe's Sunday Mail newspaper has reported that the Zimbabwe government "has begun auditing the ownership of Western firms in the country as part of a black empowerment drive' and to counter the possible withdrawal of investment under sanctions imposed and proposed by Britain and the U...

Trade Enforcement Act of 2008 Introduced in Congress

Posted on July 20, 2008
Late last week House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander L. Levin (D-MI) introduced H.R. 6530, the Trade Enforcement Act of 2008. The bill contains a number of provisions that would modify existing laws on counterfeiting...

Next COAC Meeting to be Held in Seattle on August 7th

Posted on July 20, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security's Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (known as "COAC'') will hold a meeting in Seattle, Washington on August 7, 2008. The tentative agenda of the meeting is as follows: 1...

Forty Trade Associations Sign Letter Supporting Pilot Program for 10+2 Rule

Posted on July 20, 2008
A broad coalition of 40 industry and trade associations have signed a letter urging Members of Congress to request U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to conduct a prototype program on the proposed "10+2 Rule" prior to issuance of a final rule. The letter states: The proposed rule, which...

California Firm Sentenced While Search for Its Fugitive Vice President Continues in Arms Export Case

Posted on July 20, 2008
The Justice Department announced last week that Air Shunt Instruments Inc., an aircraft components company located near Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $250,000 for "willfully and knowingly" making "a false statement in connection with a gyroscope used on...

French Corporation Sentenced to $500,000 Criminal Fine and Two Years Probation for Role in Conspiracy to Export Cryogenic Pumps to Iran

Posted on July 20, 2008
In yet another criminal export control case, Cryostar SAS, a company based in in Hesingue, France that specialized in the design and manufacturing of cryogenic equipment, was sentenced last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to pay a criminal fine of $500,000 and two years...

Senate Banking Committee Passes Iran Sanctions Legislation

Posted on July 17, 2008
Today the Senate Banking Committee passed ?The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2008? by a vote of 19 to 2. The bill was introduced by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Shelby (R-AL), the chairman and ranking members of the Banking Committee...

Taiwan May Relax Restrictions on Chipmakers? Investments in China

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Government of Taiwan has recently announced that it is considering easing restrictions on chipmakers investments in China. This follows Intel Corp?s 2007 announcement that in 2009 it will begin the production of 12 inch semiconductor wafers in China, and the announcement coincides with...

BIS Increases Scope of Temporary Denial Order on Turkish Charter Airline

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced today that it has modified its June 6, 2008 Temporary Denial Order (TDO) involving Ankair, an Istanbul, Turkey-based charter airline, to cover all exports or re-exports of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations...

Non-U.S. Trade Controls: The Unfamiliar and Overlooked Compliance Challenge

Posted on July 14, 2008
Welcome to all those attending today's sold-out "Non U.S. Trade Controls: The Unfamiliar and Overlooked Compliance Challenge"program in Dallas, Texas that was organized by the North Texas District Export Council and co-sponsored by Flowserve Corporation and Strasburger & Price, LLP...

Israel Reportedly Will Implement New Export Control System on July 15th

Posted on July 13, 2008
The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute has reported that Israel's Customs and VAT Directorate has announced it will implement "a new and strengthened export control system" on July 15, 2008. The site reports that: The new system is based on the recognition that effective export...

OFAC Adds Syria Mobile Phone Operator and Duty Free Stores to SDN List

Posted on July 13, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Syriatel, Syria's largest mobile phone operator, and Ramak, a chain of duty free stores in Syria, to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). According to Treasury, these companies were added...

NFTC Releases Draft "Trade Negotiating Authority Act of 2009"

Posted on July 13, 2008
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) recently released a draft version of the ?Trade Negotiating Authority Act of 2009,? intended to initiate debate over the appropriate objectives for negotiating trade agreements and an efficient ?fast track? process for congressional consideration of...

WTO Reports Decline in Number of Antidumping Investigations

Posted on July 13, 2008
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has recently reports that the number of new new antidumping investigations declined by 7% during the second half of 2007 and the number of new antidumping orders (also referred to as "measures") also fell by 12% during the same period...

China and Russia Veto U.N. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Leadership

Posted on July 13, 2008
On Friday, a U.N. Security Council resolution intended to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe's Mugabe regime failed when two of the 15-member body's permanent members ? China and the Russian Federation ? voted against the measure. The resolution would have imposed a multilateral arms embargo on...

Next U.S. Customs Broker License Examination to be Held on October 6, 2008

Posted on July 11, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the next Customs Broker License Examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008. All exam applications and exam fees ($200) must be received and accepted by CBP at the service port where the applicant intends to take the examination...

Commerce Department Authorizes Issuance of Retired Credentials to BIS Enforcement Officers

Posted on July 11, 2008
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez has signed a Department Administrative Order (DAO) permitting the issuance of retired credentials to BIS and other Commerce Department law enforcement officers who retire in good standing. Secretary Gutierrez indicated that this is a significant step in...

Feds Knock; A Business is Lost

Posted on July 10, 2008
USA Today has published an interesting, extensive and disturbing article entitled "Feds Knock; A Business is Lost" that focuses on the history and aftermath of the export enforcement case involving Alex Latifi, the owner of Huntsville, Alabama defense contractor Axion Corporation, who was acquitted...

Forbes Magazine Reports on Deemed Export Enforcement

Posted on July 10, 2008
It seems that export control-related stories are everywhere these days and export controls have now even made the business magazines. The latest edition (July 21, 2008) of Forbes Magazine contains a story on how "deemed exports" controls have "gotten a new push from the government, largely...

Youth Baseball Team Authorized by OFAC to Travel to Cuba is Seeking Donations

Posted on July 10, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a specific license (License No. CT-11722) authorizing the Twin State Peregrines, a youth baseball team of 11 and 12 year-olds from New Hampshire and Vermont, to travel to Cuba and play a series of games against youth teams...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Implementing Recent Australia Group Changes

Posted on July 09, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today published a final rule in the Federal Register final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations and Commerce Control List to implement the understandings reached at the April 2008 plenary meeting of the Australia Group...

Associated Press Publishes Extensive Analysis of U.S. Trade With Iran

Posted on July 09, 2008
The Associated Press today published an extensive analysis of U.S. trade with Iran. The article, entitled "From Bull Semen to Bras, Iran Still Buys American" notes that despite sanctions, the U.S. exported more than $500 million worth of goods to Iran from 2001 to 2007...

BIS Publishes Questions and Answers Relating to North Korea Changes

Posted on July 09, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security today published a list of questions and answers for exporters on the recent decision by the President to remove North Korea from the State Sponsor of Terrorism List. The bottom line is that the decision to remove North Korea from the State Sponsor of Terrorism...

U.S. Designates Iranian Proliferation Individuals and Entities

Posted on July 09, 2008
Today the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State designated four individuals and four entities for their ties to Iran's nuclear and missile programs. The individuals designated today include Dawood Agha-Jani, Moshen Hojati, Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi, and Naser Maleki...

The Persian Paradox: Why is so Much Sensitive U.S. Military Technology Winding up in Iran?

Posted on July 09, 2008
Iran is obviously a hot topic these days. In addition to today's missile test, the widely distributed AP article on exports to Iran that was published yesterday and referenced at today's House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing on U.S. Policy toward Iran, Mother Jones has published an article...

Importer Security Filing 10+2 Webinar to be Held on July 22, 2008

Posted on July 08, 2008
CUSTOMS Info and Global Data Mining are hosting a free webinar called "ISF 10+2: How to Make it Add Up for You" on July 22, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EDT. This webinar will focus on assisting importers to prepare for the proposed Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirements published by U...

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