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BIS Announces Denial of Export Privileges for Three Export Control Law Violators
June 30, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is denying export privileges for three individuals for separate instances of Arms Export Control Act violations, the agency said. BIS removed export privileges for Manuel Morales until June 1, 2026, which will be 10 years after the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona convicted him of agreeing to export items designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) without a required State Department license, BIS said (here). BIS removed export privileges for Jose Benavides-Cira (here) until May 23, 2021, after he was convicted May 23, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for agreeing to export USML-designated items with no State license or approval. BIS ended export privileges for Edwin Makasiar (here) until June 30, 2025, after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found him guilty of attempting to export to the Philippines guns and ammunition without the proper State authorization. Morales, Benavides and Makasiar may appeal by Aug. 17 with the office of the under secretary of commerce for industry and security.

BIS Again Renews Export Denial Order for Mahan Airways, Host of Others
June 30, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) again renewed an export denial order for Mahan Airways, Pejman Mahmood Kosarayanifard, Mahmoud Amini, Kerman Aviation, Sirjanco Trading, Ali Eslamian, Mahan Air General Trading, Skyco (UK), Equipco (UK), Mehdi Bahrami, Al Naser Airlines, Bahar Safwa General Trading, Ali Abdullah Alhay, Sky Blue Bird Group and Issam Shammout. The order went into effect June 27, and will remain in effect through Dec. 24, BIS said (here). BIS last extended these export denials in December (see 1701060020).

CIT Proposes to Eliminate Reserve Calendar, Make Other Rule Changes
June 29, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The Court of International Trade is proposing changes (here) to its rules that would eliminate its controversial “Reserve Calendar” and set time limits on CBP’s submission of entry documentation in cases challenging denied protests. Amendments to CIT Rule 83 (here) would replace the Reserve Calendar, where cases may remain indefinitely in 18-month increments, with a new “Customs Case Management Calendar.” There, cases would only be able to remain for four years without action before they are dismissed. Other changes would affect CIT Rules 41 (here), 56.2 (here), 73.1 (here), 82 (here), 83 (here), 84 (here) and 85 (here), Forms 9 (here) and 24 (here), and Specific Instructions for Form 24 (here). Comments are due July 26.

Topics:Court of International Trade
BIS Denies Export Privileges of Man Involved in Planning Illicit Electronics Shipments to Iran
June 21, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The Bureau of Industry and Security is denying the export privileges of a man convicted of "willfully conspiring to export, reexport, sell and supply from the United States electronic components to customers located in Iran, without the required U.S. Government authorization," BIS said (here). U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 20, 2016, convicted Ali Reza Parsa of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, BIS said. The agency is suspending Parsa's export privileges until May 20, 2026.