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Press Release | BIS | August 31, 2023

CONCORD – A New York man was sentenced today in federal court in Concord for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that was used to export weapons to Pakistan, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

Muhammad Mohsin Raja, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to 24 months in prison and 1 year of supervised release.  On May 25, 2022, Raja pleaded guilty to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

  • Pakistan
  • Enforcement
  • Export Violations

Press Release | BIS | August 31, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) suspending the export privileges of three individuals - Arthur Petrov, Zhanna Soldatenkova, and Ruslan Almetov - and four companies - Astrafteros Technokosmos LTD, Ultra Trade Service LLC, Juzhoi Electronic LLC, and LLC Electrocom VPK - all of which are part of a Russia-based illicit procurement network that supplies the Russian military. Today’s actions, coordinated through the Disruptive Technology Strike Force co-led by the U.S.

  • Russian Federation
  • Enforcement

Federal Register Notice | External | August 30, 2023

In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to create an additional option for the renewal of temporary denial orders (TDOs) by allowing BIS, under certain circumstances, to request that the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement renew an existing TDO for a period of no...

Federal Register Notice | External | August 29, 2023

On page 56763, following Amendatory instruction 2 at the bottom of the page, the table entitled COMMERCE COUNTRY CHART is corrected to read as set forth below...

Press Release | BIS | August 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a proposed rule that continues the Department’s efforts to improve the exclusion process for steel and aluminum tariffs and obtain public feedback.

Press Release | BIS | August 24, 2023

WASHINGTON  – Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security 
(BIS) announced that  33 parties will be removed from the Unverified List, 27 of which are based 
in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with others located in Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, 
Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.  The removals went on public display this morning and 
become effective upon  publication in the Federal Register tomorrow . 
 
“The ability to verify the legitimacy and reliability of foreign parties receiving U.S. exports 

Federal Register Notice | External | August 22, 2023

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing a total of 35 persons from the Unverified List (UVL), including 27 under the destination of China, one under the destination of Indonesia, two under the destination of Pakistan, one under the destination of Singapore, one under the...

Press Release | BIS | August 21, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that 33 parties will be removed from the Unverified List, 27 of which are based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with others located in Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The removals went on public display this morning and become effective upon publication in the Federal Register tomorrow.

  • Indonesia
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Enforcement

Federal Register Notice | External | August 21, 2023

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is correcting a final rule, Expansion of Nuclear Nonproliferation Controls on the People's Republic of China and Macau, that appeared in the Federal Register on August 14, 2023. That rule intended to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding additional nuclear nonproliferation controls...

Federal Register Notice | External | August 18, 2023

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect changes reached by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in its June 2019 plenary meeting in Nur-Sultan (now Astana), Kazakhstan and its plenary meeting of June 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. Consistent with U.S. commitments...