US to Deny Missile Tech Export Licenses for 3 Companies, 1 Person
The U.S. is imposing export penalties against three Chinese companies, a Pakistani company and a Chinese national for their involvement in “missile technology proliferation activities,” the State Department said in a notice scheduled to be published in the Federal Register Sept. 12.
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The U.S. said it will deny all new licenses involving the companies, their “successors” and the person for at least two years if those licenses would allow the transfer of items controlled under the multilateral Missile Technology Control Regime annex, including items on both the State Department’s U.S. Munitions List and the Commerce Department’s Commerce Control List. It also will deny all U.S. government contracts relating to MTCR annex items with the sanctioned entities for at least two years, and it will block imports of products produced by the sanctioned entities for “not less than two years.”
The notice added: “With respect to items controlled pursuant to the [Export Control Reform Act] of 2018, the above export sanction only applies to exports made pursuant to individual export licenses.”
The restrictions apply to:
- China-based Hubei Huachangda Intelligent Equipment Company
- China-based Xi’an Longde Technology Development Company Limited (aka Lontek)
- Hong Kong-based Universal Enterprise Limited (aka General Technology Limited, aka Beijing Luo Luo Tech Development Limited, aka Tiger Force Electronics, aka Foshan Nanhai Winhope Trade Company)
- Chinese national Luo Dongmei (aka Steed Luo)
- Pakistan-based Innovative Equipment.
The State Department sanctioned Xi’an Longde Technology in April (see 2404190069) and Commerce added Universal Enterprise Limited to the Entity List last year (see 2306120030) for weapons proliferation and for contributing to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program.