Although the Bureau of Industry and Security published a rule last month to ease certain export controls on Syria (see 2508280029), it also “retained significant parts” of its long-standing restrictions against the country, which could create new compliance challenges for some exporters, Troutman Pepper said in a client alert.
The Commerce Department’s spring 2025 regulatory agenda for the Bureau of Industry and Security features more than 20 new rulemakings that could introduce new or update existing export controls, including restrictions over advanced AI chips, emerging technologies, Russia-related controls and other revisions to the Export Administration Regulations.
Barloworld, a South Africa-based industrial equipment company, said it may have violated U.S. export controls and has disclosed the issue to the Bureau of Industry and Security.
The Bureau of Industry and Security's decision to remove the China-based factories of Samsung and SK hynix from its Validated End-User List is "selfish" and will hurt global semiconductor supply chains, China's Ministry of Commerce said last week, according to an unofficial translation.
An Estonian national was extradited to the U.S. on Aug. 28 to face charges of conspiracy to violate U.S. export controls by sourcing U.S.-made electronics for use by the Russian government and military, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced. Andrey Shevlyakov faces 18 total counts related to the international procurement scheme.
The Census Bureau is creating new License Code C78 in the Automated Export System for filers to use when shipping goods under License Exception Syria Peace and Prosperity, which the Bureau of Industry and Security announced last week (see 2508280029). The license exception authorizes exports and reexports to Syria of all items designated under the Export Administration Regulations as EAR99.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is working on an interim final rule that it said would streamline its export restrictions for drone exports. The agency sent the rule for interagency review on Aug. 21. BIS didn't release more information.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is revoking Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's status as a validated end-user, which allows the company to ship certain chip equipment to China under a general authorization, the company said Sept. 2.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking public comments on an information collection related to its license exceptions and exclusions for export-controlled goods. Comments are due Nov. 3.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, both welcomed the Aug. 28 release of a rule from the Bureau of Industry and Security easing licensing requirements for civilian exports to Syria (see 2508280029).