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Certain 3M Fibers and Textiles No Longer Subject to Export License Requirements, Company Says

3M, a U.S. producer of aluminum oxide fibers, announced that its “Nextel 312 ceramic fibers and textiles” were removed from export control license requirements due to a Commerce Department final rule published in March (see 2103260019). The rule made several…

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revisions to the agency’s Commerce Control List to implement changes made during the 2019 Wassenaar Arrangement and removed license requirements for a range of Nextel 312 products, including Nextel 312 “fibers, rovings, yarns, sewing threads, tapes, sleevings, and fabrics,” 3M said June 2. The products are “now available globally,” the company said, “reducing previous barriers that slowed down global customer adoption.”