International Trade Law News

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) today published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) authorizing DDTC to issue licenses for the import or export of non-lethal defense articles and defense services to and from Vietnam.

The new policy does not permit the export or other transfer to Vietnam of: (a) Lethal end items, (b) components of lethal end items, unless those components are non-lethal, safety-of-use spare parts for lethal end items, (c) non-lethal crowd control defense articles and defense services, and (d) night vision devices to end-users with a role in ground security.

Labels: DDTC, Export Controls