The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has added 15 entities under 17 entries to the Entity List.
The entries added to the Entity List consist of two in the China, five entries in Hong Kong, three in the United Arab Emirates, two entries each in Pakistan and Turkey, one each in Russia, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom.
It was determined that the entities pose a risk to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests, BIS said.
The Entity List comprises individuals and entities subject to specific license requirements for the export, re-export, and/or in-country transfer of specified items.
For example, BIS determined that Ma Yunong and Seajet Company Limited of China, as well as ZM International Company Ltd. of Hong Kong, were involved in illegally acquiring and diverting U.S.-origin armed vehicles to North Korea, a violation of U.S. export control regulations.
The new entities to be added to the Entity List may be viewed here. The U.S. export licensing restrictions involved in dealing with these entities take effect upon publication of the final rule in the Federal Register, which is expected on Tuesday.
BIS said shipments of items removed from eligibility for a license exception, or export or re-export without a license (NLR), as a result of this regulatory action that are already on board a carrier to a port of export or reexport on the date of publication of the final rule in the Federal Register may proceed to that destination under the previous licensing eligibility requirements.
The agency also announced in this final rule the removal of Top Electronic Components S.A. of Athens, Greece, from the Entity List, after a review of the company’s recent export conduct. Top Electronic Component was added to the Entity List on Oct. 9, 2012.