Enforcement
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its second quarterly update of the boycott Requester List October 1st. This list notifies companies, financial institutions, freight forwarders, individuals, and other U.S. persons of potential sources of certain boycott-related requests they may receive during the regular course of business.
Of note, many recent reports come from customers outside the Arab world, including Japan, Brazil, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. The greatest number of non-arab boycott requests originated in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Pakistan.
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a civil penalty of $151,875 against Quantum Corporation, a data storage, management, and protection company to resolve 45 alleged violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Between July 2018 and December 2019, Quantum received 45 requests from its customer, a distributor located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to refrain from importing goods of Israeli origin into the UAE in fulfillment of purchase orders from that customer. Quantum failed to report to BIS the receipt of these requests.
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an administrative settlement against a Texas aviation supply firm, for the submission of a backdated document to make it appear that a transaction complied with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and for exporting military parts without BIS authorization.
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Sanctions
BIS Chief Alan Estevez dismissed an appeal of a Temporary Denial Order issued in June against Russian national Alexey Sumchenko for his activities smuggling aircraft parts through Hong Kong to Russian airline customers.
Sumchenko argued that the alleged misconduct outlined in the TDO occurred after he relinquished ownership of the entities, reasoning Judge Tommy Cantrell found unpersuasive.
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