International Trade Law News

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has settled two enforcement cases involving unlicensed exports to organizations included on BIS's Entity List.

In the first case, New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., an Edison, New Jersey-based manufacturer of laboratory equipement, agreed to pay a $51,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it exported various types of laboratory equipment and other items in violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Specifically, BIS alleged that, on seven occasions between March 13, 1999, and August 24, 2001, New Brunswick Scientific exported laboratory equipment and other items to India, Taiwan, and Israel without the required export licenses. BIS also charged that New Brunswick Scientific made false statements on export control documents and, in certain instances, failed to file the requisite export control documents. At the time of the exports to India, three of the recipients of such shipments were on BIS's Entity List, and exports to those entities therefore required prior authorization.

In the second case, Chyron Corporation, a Melville, New York-based supplier of broadcast graphics hardware, software and services, agreed to pay a $15,300 civil penalty to settle charges that it knowingly exported an animation system to the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Space Applications Center in Ahmedabad, India, in violation of the EAR. BIS charged that Chyron exported the animation system to the ISRO Space Applications Center without a license, even though the ISRO Space Applications Center was on BIS's Entity List. BIS also charged that Chyron made a misrepresentation on the Shipper's Export Declaration when submitting the required shipping documents.