Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control published the names of two entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 13067 regarding the government of Sudan. The unblocking was effective February 1, 2012:

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is seeking comments by June 4, 2012, on extensions of two currently approved information collections regarding prior approval licensing and annual reporting for the brokering of exports of defense articles, services, and related technical data.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said it was denying export privileges to Marc Knapp of Safford, Ariz., until September 13, 2012, after his conviction last year by the U.S. District Court in Delaware on one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA) and on one count of violating Arms Export Control Act. Knapp pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully attempting to export from the U.S. to Iran an F-5B Tiger II fighter jet and other defense articles without getting the required authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in violation of IEEPA. He was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment and ordered to serve three years of supervised release. BIS said it was revoking all export licenses issued to Knapp “pursuant to the Act or Regulations in which” he had “an interest in at the time of his conviction.”

The International Trade Administration said it has formalized a new export promotion partnership with the National District Export Council (NDEC). Through the new partnership, the ITA and NDEC will jointly support the efforts of 59 local District Export Councils (DECs) to promote U.S. exports. DECs are groups of international business professionals that are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. A 16-member DEC National Steering Committee represents more than 1,300 local DEC members, and serves as a liaison to ITA. The NDEC is a private, non-profit corporation that was independently established by members of the DEC National Steering Committee.

Export.gov International International Trade Shows, April-August, 2012

The U.S. is requesting establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel on the European Union’s (EU) failure to remove WTO-inconsistent subsidies to Airbus, the office of U.S. Trade Representative said March 30. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said: “The European Union’s aircraft subsidies have cost American aerospace companies tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue. … The United States remains prepared to engage with the EU in any meaningful efforts that will lead to the goal of ending subsidized financing at the earliest possible date.”

The Census Bureau has posted to its website the March 2012 issue of Automated Export System (AES) Newsletter. The newsletter contains articles providing guidance on, among other things: (1) how to correct Electronic Export Information (EEI) for a shipment that was exported and, while the cargo was in transit to its original destination, a portion was sold to another consignee in a different location; (2) identification of the U.S. Principal Party of Interest (USPPI) when goods are withdrawn from a Foreign Trade Zone for export to a foreign country; and (3) reporting the correct HTS/schedule B number for boats.

The following entities have been added to Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals list:

More than 1,200 participants have signed up for Ex-Im Bank's Annual Conference April 12-13 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., the Export-Import Bank said. It said international buyer attendance is expected to be the highest in history.

U.S. exports to China grew 542 percent from 2000 to 2011, reaching a record $103.9 billion in 2011, said the US-China Business Council (USCBC) in its annual report on US State Exports to China, making China once again America's third-largest export market, ranking behind only Canada and Mexico.