The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) banned export privileges for Armin Shir Mohammadi until 2023 over violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (here). A U.S. District Court convicted Mohammadi in 2013 of exporting communication and other equipment to "persons in third countries with knowledge that such goods were intended for supply, transshipment, and reexportation, to Iran." The Treasury Department didn't authorize the shipments to Iran, said BIS.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 19:
The Commerce Department published notices in the June 17 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 17:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 12-15:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Commerce Control List to roll together entries for human and zoonotic pathogens and toxins, as part of BIS’s implementation of the Australia Group’s November 2013 meeting (here). That meeting recommended the merger of the AG lists for “Animal Pathogens for Export Control” and “Biological Agents for Export Control.” The CCL changes reflect that merger, but the scope of U.S. controls on the pathogens and toxins is unaffected, BIS said. The final rule also makes technical amendments to the CCL.
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security added Luis Armando Collins-Avila to the Denied Persons List on June 4. A U.S. District Court in Arizona in September 2014 sentenced Collins-Avila, a Mexican national, to 46 months in prison, after convicting him on charges related to attempted smuggling of ammunition into Mexico. (here). Collins-Avila is currently incarcerated at a prison in Big Spring, Texas.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for June 5:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security added the state-owned Ecuadorian telecommunications service Corporacion Nacional de Telecommunicaciones to the Entity List (here). The list informs the public of entities that have allegedly engaged in activities that could facilitate the spread of weapons of mass destruction. BIS requires license for exports to these entities, but the agency typically denies license requests. License exceptions for transactions with companies and individuals on the Entity List are very rare, the agency says.
The Commerce Department is accepting nominations until July 15 for positions on District Export Councils across the U.S., it said (here). About half of the 30 slots on each of the 60 District Export Councils are opening up for the four-year term from Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2019, it said. The councils work with the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service to coordinate efforts to expand export opportunities for local businesses. Appointment is based upon “an individual’s international trade leadership in the local community, ability to influence the local environment for exporting, interest in export development, and willingness and ability to devote time to DEC activities,” said Commerce. Members include "exporters, export service providers and others whose profession supports U.S. export promotion efforts," it said.