Question: We (US Company) recently acquired a Swiss company who has active export licenses under their name, we want to dissolve that legal entity name but want to see if those licenses can be assigned to the new parent (US) company name. Does anyone know where to find information about it? ************** ANSWERS: I assume […]
Question: I’m new to the Export license issue as I have been primarily involved with Imports in the past. I’m being advised that if a Department of State export license was granted for one of our business units, it is acceptable for another business unit to export the good, file the export declaration via AES […]
Question: For the 117 or so companies who BIS says are making use of License Exception STA: how long do you keep or plan to keep your consignee statements signed by the end user before requesting new ones? I didn’t see anything in 740.20 about how long they are valid.
Question: We sold a product (an electronic measurement instrument) to a customer in France a few years ago. It was, and still is, classified under an ECCN that is controlled under NS2 and CB2, therefore we exported without a license. We don’t have ownership or control of the product. Our original export contained the […]
Question: We obtained a license from OFAC to affect a payment to an Iranian. The license application listed the banks that potentially would be involved, including the recipient’s bank in the United Arab Emirates. The license took a year to get approved; […]
Question: Suddenly I have a fair amount of items classified as 5A002 to export from the USA. These are purchased items – we don’t make them and this type of product is not our core business so I’m not fully familiar with requirements. These items are NS1 controlled and need a license for US […]
QUESTION: Is there any way to get a blanket EAR license for a product to a certain customer, or does the specific unit & serial number have to be known prior to obtaining an EAR license? For example, if I have one specific product (several different model numbers) all controlled for the same reasons […]
Is there any way to get a blanket EAR license for a product to a certain customer, or does the specific unit & serial number have to be known prior to obtaining an EAR license? For example, if I have one specific product (several different model numbers) all controlled for the same reasons can […]
Question: We have a short list of eleven raw materials controlled for export under the EAR. Of these materials, a few are now inactive/no longer in use and only 2 of the 11 have current inventory levels. When reviewing a foreign national for potential hire against the controlled materials and export controls […]
Question: Would anyone be willing to share their knowledge & expertise on ENC? I have a Secure Services Gateway (5A002 Restricted) that I would like to export to the UAE. I am not the OEM; and, the end-user appears to have some form of foreign government ownership (i.e., approx. 60% of […]
Question: We obtain BIS export licenses for our encryption product sales to government end-users when we cannot use license expection “ENC”. One of the standard conditions on each license states that “Applicant must inform consignee of all license conditions”. Currently, our procedure is to send an email to the consignee informing them of […]
Question: I would like the membership for advise on the use of license exception RPL for 7A103 items. There is much debate within my company on this topic. My interpretation of this license exception when exporting from the U.S if the following with questions. 1) one-for-one replacement – export a part to replace a defective […]
