Category China

BIS, China

Aerospace Company Settles Charges of Aiding Chinese Rocket Program

ABOVE: Chinese Long March 3B rocket blasts off on July 6, 2007 As the end of the year approaches, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has been busy releasing a flurry of settlement agreements for export violations. In the…

Clif Burns
December 22, 2008

China, Criminal Penalties

Nice Work, If You Can Get It

An indictment was returned on October 28, charging three men with conspiring to export carbon-fiber material to the China Academy of Space Technology (“CAST”). Certain types of carbon-fiber materials are covered by ECCNs 1A002, 1C010, 1C210, and 1C990. The DOJ…

Clif Burns
October 30, 2008