BIS Fines Dutch Company for Syria Reexport
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is penalizing Arkema Rotterdam $16,000 for reexporting 33 long tons of ethyl mercaptan from the Netherlands to Syria without the required U.S. government authorization, in violation of the Export Administration Regulations.…
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The alleged reexport occurred in July 2009, according to BIS. Arkema Rotterdam allegedly ordered the ethyl mercaptan from a partner company in the U.S., and did not inform the company the product would be reexported to Syria.