Commerce Adds 11 Chinese Entries to Entity List

The Commerce Department plans to add 11 Chinese-based entities to its Entity List for their involvement in human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Nine of the entities are involved in the forced labor of Muslim minority groups and two of the entities conduct “genetic analyses” to “further the repression” of the minorities, Commerce said. The additions take effect July 22.

Commerce said it is imposing a license requirement for exports to the entities for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The agency will review license applications case by case for certain Export Control Classification Numbers and for EAR items necessary to detect, identify and treat infectious diseases. BIS will impose a presumption of denial for “all other items” subject to the EAR.

The agency will also revise 37 existing Chinese entries to update their license review policy. BIS will impose a case-by-case review policy for all EAR items used to combat infectious diseases "in light of the current global pandemic."