BIS Guidance on License Requirements for the Shipment EAR Items to ISIL From BIS (Bureau of Industry & Security): What are BIS’s licensing requirements for the shipment of items subject to the EAR to ISIL-controlled facilities or territory? BIS prohibits the shipment of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to the Islamic State of Iraq and … [Read more...]
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More UPDATE: IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2016: ⇒UPDATE ON ACE! → A staggered approach... → →Includes new timeline ⇒SOLAS - New Container Weighing Regulations → No Delay – Container Weight Rule: 7/1/2016 → How to Meet the Container Weight Mandate Other News: FAA Lithium Batteries Risk Import Violations Export … [Read more...]
BIS: Orders Denying Export Privileges
BIS: Orders Denying Export Privileges This month BIS (Bureau of Industry & Security) issued two orders denying export privileges. Quang Hu, a/k/a/ Johnson Ju was convicted on 7/24/2014 of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by knowingly and willfully conspired, combined, confederated and agreed with other persons known and unknown to cause the … [Read more...]
Maralit’s Convicted of AECA & Denied Export Privileges
Maralit's Convicted of AECA & Denied Export Privileges Both Rex Gene Maralit and Wilfredo Maralit were convicted separately in New York of violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) by knowingly and willfully exporting to the Philippines various defense articles - firearms, fiream accessories and components, without first obtaining the required license or written … [Read more...]
Antiboycott Compliance
Antiboycott Compliance From the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC): The Bureau is charged with administering and enforcing the Antiboycott Laws under the Export Administration Act. Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain other countries, … [Read more...]