Additional Huawei Entities Added to Entity List

Australia, BIS, China, Cuba, Denied & Restricted Parties, France, India, Indonesia, Press release, Russia, Thailand, UK

On August 21, 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register adding forty-six additional non-US affiliates of Huawei to the Entity List. Nineteen of the forty-six entities are being added to the existing entry (May 16,...

India is Movin’ On Up…from A:6 to A:1

EAR, India, License Exceptions

By: Danielle Hatch Effective August 3, 2018, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has removed India from Country Group A:6 and placed it in Country Group A:1 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740) and Country Group A:5. In a nutshell, this change is going to expand the...

BIS Amends EAR, Eases Restrictions on Exports to India

BIS, India, JCPOA

Effective August 3, 2018 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to formally recognize and implement India as a new member of the Wassenaar Arrangement as well as move India from Country Group A:6 to A:5. This rule...

India’s Export Control in Line with Wassenaar Arrangement: Government

India

(Source: Financial Express) India’s export controls are in line with the Wassenaar Arrangement, one of the four non- proliferation regimes that prohibit the export of items of dual- use technology, a senior external ministry official said. The government came...

BIS Announces Favorable Export License Approval Policy for India

BIS, Export License, India

By: John Black Effective January 19, 2017, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to put in place a favorable export license approval policy for military items destined for India.  BIS stated that it generally...

It Never Pays to Use Your Church to Cover Your Export Violations

Defense Trade Controls, Denied & Restricted Parties, Export License, India, ITAR, Software, State Dept, UAE, Violations & Fines

By: Danielle McClellan What does a system analyst for a defense contractor, a church volunteer and an owner of 3 US companies all have in common?  They all involve one woman, who will now spend 57 months in prison, encompassed each, and all at the same time. Hannah...