In a notice published in today’s Federal Register, BIS has withdrawn the safe harbor and red flag rules that BIS proposed in October 2004. Under those proposed rules, BIS would have increased the number of red flags from 12 to…
At yesterday’s Export Update Conference conducted by BIS, Christopher Padilla, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, announced that BIS was planning to expand its new concept of Validated End Users, or VEUs, beyond the proposed China catch-all regulations to other countries.…
BIS released today a document entitled “Defense Industrial Base Assessment: U.S. Imaging and Sensor’s Industry.” This report, requested by the Army in May 2005, comes almost a year late from the delivery date of December 2005 originally requested by the…
With each export violation for an item on the Commodity Control List, there is always the possibility that not only will the exporter have BIS to deal with, but also the freight forwarder and shipper will have an unpleasant encounter…
Earlier we reported on the misfortunes of The Springer Magrath Company, a Nebraska-based agricultural supply house that had shipped cattle prods to South Africa without a license. Cattle prods are controlled because they can be used in human rights violations…