DDTC Gets Snippy With Exporters

In an announcement posted yesterday on its website, DDTC chides exporters for a recent increase in “low-quality” applications and says that it will no longer help exporters correct errors in applications but will simply return them without action. If true,…

OFAC Gives Two Thumbs Down to Oliver Stone Film

Tucked away in the penalty notices released by OFAC last week was this typically terse and unhelpful entry: IXTLAN Corporation and Four Individuals Settle Cuban Embargo Allegations: IXTLAN Corporation, Santa Monica, California (“IXTLAN”), and four individuals have agreed to a…

Shake, Rattle and Roll

I was going to title this post “Exporter Temporarily Loses Export Privileges for Having Copy of the EAR in Its Offices.” However, after the uproar that a similar title (“BIS Fines Exporter for Filing Voluntary Disclosure“) created at BIS, I…