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The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”), has notified Jaeyoun Jung, of Puyallup, Washington (“Jung”), of its intention to initiate an administrative proceeding against Jung pursuant to Section 766.3 of the Export Administration Regulations (the “Regulations”),1 through the issuance of a proposed Charging Letter to Jung that alleges that Jung committed one violation of the Regulations.2 ...

WASHINGTON, DC. --The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security 
(BIS), Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE), in partnership with the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), is 
conducting a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Industrial Base (IVIV).
 
The principal goal of the assessment and accompanying survey is to gain a better understanding of 
the IVIB supply chain network. The data collected will help identify the structure and 

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this final rule to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) to reduce the concentration threshold level above which mixtures containing a Schedule 2A chemical are subject to the declaration requirements that apply to Schedule 2A chemical production, processing and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a collaborative endeavor to enhance global security, the United States joins its Five Eye partners – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – in committing to formally coordinate on export control enforcement. This effort builds on existing information sharing and other cooperation among these key partners and will leverage enforcement resources to expand each country’s capacity to take action to prevent and deter evasion of export controls, including by restricting Russia’s access to technologies that fuel its unlawful invasion of Ukraine.

The Department of Commerce is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding an inadvertently omitted entity to the Entity List.

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks to the American Association of Exporters and Importers’ 102nd Annual Conference and Expo

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June 21, 2023

The Department of Commerce is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 43 entities under 50 entries to the Entity List. These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. These entries are listed on the Entity List under...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is adding 43 entities under 50 entries to the Entity List, further protecting U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Matthew S. Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) suspending the export privileges of the Aratos Group, a network of defense-related companies in the Netherlands and Greece, and its president, Nikolaos Bogonikolos.

Guidance to Industry on Iran’s UAV-Related Activities