Adds 30, Removes 18 Entities from Requester List

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing an updated list of foreign companies that have made boycott-related requests, including requests to comply with the Arab League boycott of Israel. BIS is adding 30 parties, in addition to removing 18 entities who certified that they have stopped making boycott-related requests in transactions with U.S. persons. BIS maintains anti-boycott regulations that discourage and, in certain circumstances, prohibit U.S. persons or businesses from participating in unsanctioned foreign boycotts, focusing on the Arab League boycott of Israel.

“We will not tolerate boycotts of Israel in this Administration,” said Under Secretary for Industry and Security Jeffrey I. Kessler. 

The antiboycott requester list helps U.S. persons and businesses to fulfill the reporting requirements of the antiboycott regulations and discourages foreign entities from imposing boycott-related conditions. Since it was first introduced in March 2024, over 65 entities, most from countries that support the Arab League boycott of Israel, have agreed to stop including boycott-related-terms in transactions with U.S. persons.  

This list notifies companies and individuals of certain boycott-related requests they may receive during the regular course of business.  U.S. persons are encouraged to diligently review transaction documents from all sources, especially those involving these listed parties, to identify possible boycott-related language and to determine whether U.S. person recipients have a reporting requirement to BIS. The boycott request reporting form can be found here.  

The updated boycott Requester List is posted on the OAC webpage (link) with the objective of helping U.S. persons comply with the reporting requirements of the antiboycott regulations set forth in Part 760 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774). 

Additional Information: 

The antiboycott provisions set forth in Part 760 of the EAR discourage, and in certain circumstances prohibit, U.S. persons from taking certain actions in furtherance or support of a boycott maintained by a foreign country against a country friendly to the United States (an unsanctioned foreign boycott). 

U.S. persons must report to OAC their receipt of certain boycott-related requests. Reports may be filed electronically or by mail on form BIS-621P for single transactions or on form BIS-6051P for multiple transactions involving boycott requests received in the same calendar quarter. U.S. persons located in the United States must postmark or electronically date stamp their reports by the last day of the month following the calendar quarter in which the underlying request was received. For U.S. persons located outside the United States, the postmark or date stamp deadline is the last day of the second month following the calendar quarter in which the request was received. Forms for both electronic transmission and mail submission may be accessed from the forms request page. 

For information regarding the application of the antiboycott regulations, please contact the OAC Advice Line at (202) 482-2381 or through the online portal.  

Parties Added to the Requester List:

Parties Removed from the Requester List: