Question:Does anyone have a basic procedures template for ITAR that they might be willing to share? I have been tasked with developing basic “guidelines” and procedures for handling ITAR product, and was hoping not to completely start from scratch. *********************************************************************Answers:The NASA Export Processing Template is pretty basic. URL is: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/nasaecp/eptannx.html You’ll have to tune it […]
Question: We have restricted areas that contain ITAR related products and require swipe badge to gain access. We have visitors come to our plant and the question is: What type of documentation you have your visitors show in order for them to gain access to ITAR restricted areas?
Question: We are trying to standardize our process with in regard to the importing goods controlled under USML vs commercial. Currently we check each shipment, through various automated systems, at the time of import to see if an ITAR exemption or licenses apply. If we can ensure that this information appears on the commercial […]
Question: We are a domestic manufacturer of a safety sensor (light curtain), which we have offered to a US defense contract manufacturer. It will be used in a door closure for an armored vehicle, to keep fingers from getting pinched. The US defense contractor is requiring us to be registered with ITAR. Does this sound […]
Question: I’m new to ITAR and have basic knowledge. Our company may be manufacturing missile guidance position detectors in the U.S for a foreign military using foreign customer supplied technical specifications. Is a MLA required or do we just need to apply for an ITAR license?
Question: Just curious if anyone has run into this before. Our freight forwarder and broker are the same company. We had a shipment of returned military items that needed to come back on an ITAR exemption. Our Mexico counterpart shipped the freight without our knowledge, usually freight forwarder/broker would notify us and clear the […]
Question: Besides, noting on the license and sending to Customs to validate the air export and noting on AES filing, are there any other procedures that I should be aware of when processing an airfreight shipment?
Question: Can members who ship under State Department licenses advise their process for closing out the DSP 5 when complete? In 123.22 (c) (1) it states that Licenses filed with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the port of export will be closed by US CBP with DDTC,but in the “return of […]
Question: Company A manufacturers motor drivers and motors to be used with actuators. Company A advised company X when the motors and drivers were purchased 7 years ago, that a DOS license was not required because the items were not used in flight and were used for testing. Company X exported the motors […]
Question: Does anyone have a list of all possible USML’s in a flat file, Excel or other format in which our IT team can utilize for a database. We are looking to create data integrity within our ITAR USML field in our system and want a list to bounce the values entered against.
Question: Regarding companies that procure ITAR controlled products with domestic suppliers – what are members doing relative to validating that their domestic suppliers are ITAR registered? Do they rely on their Procurement Terms and Conditions to communicate ITAR compliance? I am very interested in learning how other companies manage this?
Question: We manufacture ITAR controlled goods to order and do not normally put such items in inventory. We do have a situation where we will maintain an inventory of ITAR goods. They will be stored under lock & key with limited access. If the opportunity arises where we have to destroy these goods, is there […]
