Commerce Updates Entity List With 17 Additions, Three Removals

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security made several changes to its Entity List, adding, removing and modifying entries for companies in China, Canada, Malaysia, Russia, The United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and more. The changes add 17 entities to the list, modify 23 existing entries for China, Hong Kong and Russia, and remove three entities located in China and the UAE, BIS said in a notice. The changes take effect Aug. 14.

All additions are subject to license requirements for items under the Export Administration Regulations with a review policy of presumption of denial, BIS said. All shipments that were removed from export eligibility as a result of this change may proceed to their destination if they were en route on or before Aug. 14.

The 17 additions to the Entity List are being added under 19 separate entries, BIS said, with one listing being added under three entries. The companies were added for “acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests” of the U.S., BIS said. Violations include shipping U.S.-origin items to sanctioned countries without licenses, acquiring U.S. nuclear technology for military use in China and selling U.S. technology to Iran’s military.

The additions include Armenia-based Markel Closed Joint Stock Company and Yerevan Telecommunications Research Institute Closed Joint Stock Company; Belgium-based Industrial Metals and Commodities and Nicolas Kaiga; Canada-based Kelvo Inc.; China-based China General Nuclear Power Corporation, China General Nuclear Power Group, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. and Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute Co. Ltd; Georgia-based Georgia Petrochemical and Aviatech; Hong Kong-based Corad Technology Limited; Malaysia-based NBH Industries; Netherlands-based Nicolas Kaiga; Russia-based Joint Stock Company Kaluga Scientific Research Institute of Radio Engineering; UAE-based Al Merikh General Trading, Emirates Alloys, Super Alloys and Saeed Valadbaigi; and U.K.-based Nicolas Kaiga.

BIS is also removing two Chinese entities from the list based on a removal request and decision by the End User Review Committee, and removing a third UAE-based entity based on “information … received” by BIS and an ERC review. The removals include China-based Jereh International and Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd. and UAE-based Deira General Marketing.

The final rule also makes 23 modifications, including revisions to 17 entries in China, four in Hong Kong and two in Russia. The changes include name changes, alias additions, revisions to reflect company restructuring and more, according to BIS.