On January 10, 2012, the Office of Foreign Assets Control added three individuals to its "Specially Designated Nationals" list, that have been identified as having ties to Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Loera (a.k.a. Chapo Guzman), as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. SDNs are (i) individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries or (ii) individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. The assets of listed SDNs are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a final rule, effective January 12, 2012, that creates a new Part 590 in 31 CFR to carry out the purposes of Executive Order 13581, "Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations," which blocks property in the U.S. or in the possession or control of U.S. persons in which the TCOs1 have an interest, and prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with such TCOs.
The 2012 Schedule B is now available on the Bureau of Census’ Web site. Also available on the Census Web site are the 2012 AES import and export concordances and the list of 2012 Schedule B revisions.
On January 10, 2012, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced the following entity name and/or address change(s) for new DDTC license applications (see each notice for specific instructions for currently approved, pending, and new DSP authorizations and agreements, etc.):
Export.gov has announced the following series of domestic trade shows that are scheduled for January - December 2012.
The Bureau of Industry and Security announced that its Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will be holding a partially closed meeting on January 25-26, 2012 in San Diego, CA. The open session will include working group reports, new business, and industry presentations on technology export controls, trade in surveillance technologies, and 3D003 products and issues. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. Requests to join the conference are due by January 17, 2012.
The Census Bureau has announced in an AES Broadcast that the 2012 Schedule B and HTS tables are available for downloading here. In addition, the current list of HTS codes that are not valid for the Automated Export System (AES) are available here. AES Broadcast #2012002 (dated 01/06/12) available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.
A posting on Census’ Global Reach Blog states that if a filer transmits Electronic Export Information (EEI) through AESDirect but never receives a response, the reason might be due to an enabled ‘pop-up blocker’ on the filer’s web browser. If the blocker is disabled, the problem might be solved. Census states that AESDirect needs to use pop-ups to perform edits and validations on the data so it can be transmitted to the Automated Export System (AES) for final processing. If the pop-up blocker is enabled, the filer might not receive those required prompts, and data would not being delivered to the AES.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has submitted three proposed rules to the Office of Management for approval that would revise the Commodity Control List for (1) firearms and related articles, (2) guns and armament and related articles and (3) ammunition and ordinance, all for items that would no longer be controlled on the U.S. Munitions List (USML). (Submitted 01/04/12)
The Bureau of Industry and Security announced an order and settlement agreement with Nelson S. Galgoul, last known to have resided in Brazil, due to his alleged violation of the Export Administration Regulations. BIS alleges that from about March 1, 1995 to February 28, 2007, Galgoul conspired and acted in concert with others to export an engineering software program from the U.S. to Iran via Brazil, without the required U.S. Government authorization. As part of the settlement agreement, BIS has denied Galgoul certain export privileges for a three year period.