News & Updates

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a rule applying further restrictions on Russia and Belarus. The Department of Commerce is taking these actions to enhance the effectiveness of U.S. controls and to better align its controls on both Russia and Belarus with those implemented by U.S. allies.

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod Remarks to the Southeast Asia Forum on Export Controls
September 15, 2022

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea D. Rozman Kendler Keynote Address
Women in Strategic Trade Conference Singapore
September 14, 2022

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery

It is a personal and professional honor for me to deliver the keynote address at the inaugural Women in Strategic Trade Conference. To do so in a region that is so critically important and with the friendly faces of our international partners in attendance brings me even more joy.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Commerce, maintains controls on the export, reexport and transfer (in- country) of dual-use items and less sensitive military items pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including the Commerce Control List (CCL). Certain instruments for the automated synthesis of...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea D. Rozman Kendler and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod will travel to Singapore from September 12 through September 16.

The Assistant Secretaries will engage in bilateral dialogues with counterparts from countries in Asia and Europe. They will discuss export controls, including emerging technologies, enforcement best practices, and the response to Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine.

Releases Proposal to Control Automated Peptide Synthesizers and Seeks Public Comment

In this interim final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to authorize the release of specified items subject to the EAR without a license when that release occurs in the context of a ``standards- related activity,'' as defined in this rule. BIS is revising the terms used in the EAR...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an interim final rule revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to authorize the release of certain technology and software in the context of standards setting and development in standards organizations. The changes made in this interim final rule address concerns from U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, John Sonderman, Director of the Office of Export Enforcement, at the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Charging Letter (link) against PJSC LUKOIL for violating the Export Control Reform Act. The charging letter alleges PJSC LUKOIL, a Russian multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Moscow, Russia, exported a U.S.

Washington, D.C.—Since the start of Russia’s unjustified and horrific assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken a leading role in the Biden Administration’s comprehensive response in support of Ukraine by restricting trade in commodities, software, and technologies that have military and civilian uses.