There has been some discussion here at Export Law Blog about the proper role of freight forwarding companies in export enforcement. If a customer of a freight forwarder proffers a package addressed to Iran without an OFAC license, should the…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently set aside a default judgment denying export privileges to S.P. Equipamentos de Protecao ao Trabalho Ltda (“SPE”), a Brazilian firm charged with violating U.S. export laws by re-exporting night vision equipment to…
If any company considering its first export transaction actually read and tried to understand the recordkeeping requirements of Part 762 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), it is unlikely that anything would ever be exported from the United States. And…
Almost a year after the last plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement approved and adopted changes to the Wassenaar List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) yesterday released a final rule implementing those changes on…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently designated five Chinese companies under BIS’s Validated End User Program. Because of that designation, certain dual-use items can be exported to those companies in China without an export license. The first reviews…