International Trade Law News

OFAC Issues June 2009 Monthly Civil Penalties Report

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:26:41 PDT

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued its June 2009 (pdf) monthly report of civil penalties imposed for alleged violations of the sanctions regimes administered by OFAC. OFAC announced the following four settlements with companies, none of which were...

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Tennessee Professor Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Export Control Violations

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:09:17 PDT

Today U.S. District Judge Thomas sentenced former University of Tennessee Professor John Reece Roth to 48 months in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act. Following his release from prison, Roth, who is 72 years old, must serve two years of supervised release. Although he faced...

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Results of 2008 GSP Annual Review Announced

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:06 PDT

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk today announced the results of the 2008 Annual Review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The following is a summary of the results: De minimis waivers were granted on 112 products from 16 beneficiary countries.Added two agricultural products...

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Tennessee Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations to be Sentenced Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:30:49 PDT

After nearly ten months following his conviction of numerous export control violations, retired University of Tennessee professor John Reece Roth will be sentenced tomorrow, July 1, 2009, at 10 a.m. EDT by U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan in Knoxville, Tennessee. Information on Dr. Roth's...

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Guilty Plea in First FCPA Case Involving Vietnam

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:58 PDT

In the first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) involving Vietnam, the Justice Department announced yesterday that Joseph T. Lukas, a former executive of Philadelphia-based Nexus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and one count of violating the FCPA...

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Census Bureau Issues Important AES Export Compliance Notice

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:53:47 PDT

U.S. exporters, freight forwarders and other authorized agents filing Electronic Export Information (EEI) using the Automated Export System should be aware that today the Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division issued an important export compliance notice. The notice, which is reprinted below,...

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Antidumping Petition Filed Today on Woven Electric Blankets From China

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:21:37 PDT

An antidumping petition was filed today with the U.S. International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce against woven electric blankets from China. The petitioner in this case is Jarden Consumer Solutions, a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) and the owner of Sunbeam Bedding and...

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CBP's 2009 Trade Symposium Set for December 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:47:04 PDT

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that the 2009 Trade Symposium will take place from December 8 – 10, 2009. The program will be held for the first time at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, a much larger venue than the Ronald Reagan Building. Further...

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BIS Update 2009 to be Held September 30 - October 2, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:36:40 PDT

As a follow-up to our previous post, the Bureau of Industry and Security today announced that the 22nd annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy will be held September 30 through October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Because the expected number of attendees will likely exceed the number...

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BIS Update 2009 Likely Set for Last Week of September

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:12:07 PDT

While the specific dates and location have not been finalized, this year's Bureau of Industry and Security's annual update Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy should be held during the week of September 28, 2009 (end of September and beginning of October). Details on registration will...

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Two Good Export Controls Programs Scheduled for Next Week

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:55:14 PDT

There are two good export controls-related programs scheduled for next week. It is not too late to sign up for these programs. June 24, 2009 - Import/Export Classification Boot Camp: Cross-Training for International Trade Professionals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This one-day seminar presented by...

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House Postpones Hearing on Export Administration Act

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:34:11 PDT

The hearing hearing on policy considerations associated with the Export Administration Act that was to be held at 2 p.m. today by House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade has been postponed. The new hearing date has not yet been set. The witnesses...

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Florida Man Sentenced to 35 Months in Prison for Role in Iranian Export Conspiracy

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:24:07 PDT

The owner of a Florida company that pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally exporting military and commercial aircraft parts to Iran was sentenced yesterday to 35 months in federal prison. As part of his plea, Mr. Train Bujduveanu, a Romanian national and naturalized U.S. citizen, admitted...

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U.N. Security Council Imposes Additional Sanctions on North Korea

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:53:52 PDT

The United Nations Security Council today passed a resolution condemning North Korea's May 25th nuclear test and imposing additional multilateral sanctions on North Korea. Security Council resolution 1874 requires U.N. member states to impose a series of additional measures on North Korea,...

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Tennessee Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations Will be Sentenced on July 1st

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:06:18 PDT

After numerous delays, the sentencing of convicted University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth for violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 1st at 10 a.m. before U.S. District Judge...

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U.S. Industry Files Three AD/CVD Cases on Chinese Steel Products in Past Two Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:32:47 PDT

The number of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions being filed in the U.S. on steel products from China is on the rise. On June 5, 2009, WP Industries, Inc., ITC Manufacturing, Inc., J&L Wire Cloth, Inc. and Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co., Inc. filed antidumping and countervailing...

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Orbitz Launches Campaign to End U.S. Travel Ban to Cuba

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:16:00 PDT

Online travel provider Orbitz recently launched the OpenCuba.org website to give travelers the opportunity to get directly involved in a grassroots effort to convince the Obama Administration and Congress to end the ban on travel to Cuba for those Americans who do not have immediate family members...

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Despite Embargo, Cuba Imports Daiquiri Mix from USA

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:03:53 PDT

The AP published a story this evening entitled "Despite embargo, Cuba imports daiquiris from US" describing the types of products sold from the U.S. pursuant to the "agricultural waiver" of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The story's lede states: "Jugs of daiquiri mix. Gourmet nuts. Rolls of newsprint....

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All ITAR License Submissions Must be Made Using DTrade 2 Starting May 16, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:36:53 PDT

U.S. exporters and importers of defense articles subject to the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are reminded that starting on May 16, 2009, all new license submissions must be made using the DTrade 2 system. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has...

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No Sentence Yet for Convicted Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:02:24 PDT

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that no decision was made today during the sentencing hearing of University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth who was convicted in September of various export control violations. The article states that U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan spent the...

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10 Reasons Trade Compliance Programs Are Unnecessary

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:48:30 PDT

Today's guest post is by Rick Miller, director of trade compliance recruitment at Tyler Search Consultants. Rick is a licensed customs broker and served as director of trade compliance for several large companies before joining Tyler Search. Rick can be reached at rmiller@tylersearch.com. 10...

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Port of Chicago Updates Procedures for Imports and Exports of Defense Articles

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:25:29 PDT

U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Port of Chicago today issued an updated Pipeline (09-12) containing detailed and information on the port's procedures for processing imports and exports of defense articles subject to the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR),...

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Global Antidumping Database Confirms Increased Number of Trade Remedy Cases

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:11:42 PDT

According to data compiled by the Global Antidumping Database, the first quarter of 2009 saw an 18.8% year increase in the number of antidumping, countervailing duty, global safeguard, and China-specific safeguards brought by WTO members compared to the same period in 2008. Not surprisingly,...

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Tennessee Professor Convicted of Export Control Violations Will be Sentenced This Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:18:56 PDT

After numerous delays, the sentencing of University of Tennessee professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth for violating U.S. export control laws has been set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc., who was alleged to be Dr....

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Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division Names New Trade Ombudsman

noreply@blogger.com (Douglas N. Jacobson) — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:07:46 PDT

The U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division has announced that Mr. Omari Wooden has been named as the Foreign Trade Division's Trade Ombudsman. Mr. Wooden replaces Jerry Greenwell, who retired in January 2009 after more than 36 years with Census. Mr. Wooden joined the U.S. Census Bureau's...

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