EAR

Questions and answers about EAR

  • Form BIS-645P applicability to USML and USMIL

      Question:   Could someone please comment if Supplement No. 5 To Part 748 – U.S. Import Certificate and Delivery Verification Procedure (a)(1)(iii) still needs to be corrected since DOS published a final rule April 17th, 2012 ceasing the DOS’s practice of accepting DSP–53 submissions (Amendment to the ITAR: International Import Certificate BIS–645P/ATF–4522/DSP–53 and Administrative […]

  • RISK FOR COURIER SHIPMENTS

      Question:   We sell all EAR99 products. For smaller export shipments, our company has   used couriers in the past. What are our risks in this approach? How do   couriers handle EEI filings?   **********

  • EAR99 FDA export restrictions to Afganistan

    Question: If we need to ship EAR99 medical/dental supplies to Afghanistan for use by US forces, are there any FDA export restrictions? (Examples: IV drip bag stands, metal scrapers, picks, etc. used in dental work, drip lines, plastic breathing tubes, fabric surgical drape cloths.) ============

  • Question on TMP Exemption

    Question:   If we  are not sure how a single signal generator was shipped to our parent company (maybe under a dsp 5, or no license under EAR) and it needs to be sent to US for repair,  are we allowed to  use the 123.4a.1 exemption under ITAR ?   Or are we only allowed […]

  • ACQUISITION LIABILITY

    Question: Our company just purchased the patents and assets of another company(they keep their tax id).  We are in the process of evaluating andclassifying their products for import/export, and they will begin usingour tax id’s for their limited import and export transactions as theyare migrated to our system, but I want to make sure I […]

  • EAR LICENSE EXCEPTION GOV

    Question: If something originally exported via license exception GOV and comesback for service/repair, does it ship back out under license exceptionGOV to the governmental agency or license exception RPL? Where in theEAR can I find this information?

  • SANCTIONED PARTIES AS END USERS

    Question: We have a subsidiary company in China actively selling our EAR99 product.   They have recently found a customer in China that appears to be set up as an   import/export company and they want us to ship to multiple ports throughout China.   Searching the company on the internet, I find they have been named […]

  • NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS OF EXPORT LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

    Question:   For those of you who may sell a product that requires an export license to ship to a large number of countries (for example, National Security, Column 2), do any of you include any notice with the shipped product, when selling to a customer in a country that doesn’t require an export license, […]

  • EXPORT CONTROL FOR DISTRIBUTORS

    What is the shipper’s obligation concerning export control with their distributors (domestic & International) on sending an EAR99 shipment? Do you ask your distributor for the end-user? Can the membership please share their process they have in place concerning distributors.

  • DPL SCREENING

    Can you please tell me how you comply with the EAR General Prohibitions 4-10? (Checking “bad guy” lists.) Do you have a manual process, in-house software, website access, software fully integrated into your ERP system, or some other way? If you use software, do you also check other countries “bad guy” lists? Do you check […]