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Export Compliance Training Institute Announces New Export Compliance Awareness Training for Businesses
Basics Training Designed to Help Key Business Stakeholders Avoid Costly Mistakes HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA – The Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI), a leading provider of export controls compliance training for businesses, organizations and institutions,...
How Export Compliance Training Helps Exporting Businesses Avoid Costly Penalties
In some areas of commerce, penalties for non-compliance with established rules, regulations and controls can be relatively minor. In such cases, they do little to discourage deviance.
Export Compliance Considerations for Aerospace Companies
Aerospace consistently ranks among the top U.S. export industries. American companies sell about $148 billion worth of commercial airliners, satellites, military aircraft, engines, components, and more to customers abroad. At the same time, aerospace is among the industries most affected by export controls.
How to Choose an Export Controls Compliance Partner – Five Essential Qualities
Exporting tangible items, software, technical data and services that your organization produces can be a lucrative endeavor these days—and a key competitive advantage in a highly competitive marketplace. The problem is, complying with U.S. export controls is a complex undertaking—and nothing, not even the smallest detail, can be left to chance.
Complying With U.S. Export Controls to China – Three Strategies for Success
It is well known that China is a top source of U.S. goods imports. What isn’t as widely publicized is that China is a top destination for U.S. exports. In fact, U.S. firms export $180 billion in goods and services to China each year, which represents an increase of over 500% since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
Export Compliance Certification: Understanding the Benefits and Steps for Exporting Businesses
Complying with U.S. export regulations is no easy task. If you are the person in your organization who’s responsible for handling export compliance issues and ensuring successful compliance, there’s a lot riding on your shoulders. Failure to achieve compliance could put your organization at unnecessary risk of financial penalties, and non-compliance can also result in substantial loss of time, money and effort.
The Export Compliance Basics of ITAR and EAR – Understanding Key Terms, Issues, Similarities and Differences
No two companies are alike, and the items they seek to export are also unique. That said, this article is designed to provide you with a basic overview of ITAR and EAR export control regulations as they pertain to goods, software, technologies and services.
They’re Here! Final Rules to Revise USML Cats. I-III Set to be Published
By: Johanna Reeves, Esq., jreeves@reevesdola.com; Reeves & Dola LLP. www.ReevesDola.com After almost ten long years of fits and starts and Congressional holds, today the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce released their...
BIS Publishes Interim Rule for Adding Controls on Imagery Analysis Software
On January 6, 2020 The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to classify software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery under the Export Control...
New Interim Final Rule Creates End-to-End Encryption Carve-Out for ITAR Technical Data
By: Olga Torres and Derrick Kyle (Torres Law, LLP) The Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has published an interim final rule (“the Interim Final Rule”) seeking public comments and clarifying that certain transfers of encrypted...