Category DDTC

With profound apologies to Mel Brooks, it’s springtime for Muammar in Libya, winter for Hugo Chavez! No, that’s not the latest lyric from a Broadway hit; rather it’s a reference to a notice of a final rule issued by DDTC…

Last week a Portland, Oregon food additive broker learned the hard way that he should have stuck to MSG and not gotten involved in exporting silver-zinc batteries. It seems that the batteries in question are used to power the Hawk…

Last week we were wondering about the origin of the name “Blue Lantern” for the pre-shipment and post-shipment verification program conducted by DDTC. Andrea Fekkes Dynes of General Dynamics, via “The Daily Bugle,” has an idea: Last Friday’s Daily Bugle…

The Federation of American Scientists has received, pursuant to an FOIA request, a complete list of the unfavorable determinations from the “end-use” or “Blue Lantern” checks conducted by the State Department during FY 2002 through 2004. Under the Blue Lantern…

Last week DDTC posted a notice on its website warning license applicants that their license applications would be returned if the applicant’s name on the license application did not exactly match the name on the applicant’s registration. Unsure of your…