BIS Adds 13 to Entity List for Illegal Exports Involving China, Pakistan, Myanmar
The Bureau of Industry and Security is adding 13 companies and research institutes to the Entity List for illegally shipping export controlled items to other Entity Listed firms, supporting China’s military modernization efforts or aiding Pakistan’s ballistic missile program, the agency said in a final rule released last week and effective Jan. 6
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Eleven entities are based in China and the others are one each in Myanmar and Pakistan. They will be subject to license requirements for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, and licenses will be reviewed under a presumption of denial.
The rule adds China-based Chengdu RML Technology Co., Ltd.; Chengdu Yaguang Electronics Co., Ltd.; Hefei Starwave Communication Technology Co., Ltd.; and Yaguang Technology Group Co., Ltd., to the list for buying or trying to buy controlled U.S.-origin items for China’s military.
BIS said Chengdu RML Technology has specifically supplied the country’s People’s Liberation Army with precision-guided missiles and satellite communication systems, while Chengdu Yaguang Electronics and its parent company, Yaguang Technology Group, have provided the PLA and multiple Chinese parties on the Entity List with various “dual-use electronic components.” The agency also said Hefei Starwave Communication Technology has supplied radio frequency/microwave products,” used “explicitly for military equipment application,” to the PLA and Chinese entities on the Entity List.
Seven other Chinese entities also were added for supplying China’s military and also because they have “demonstrable ties to activities of concern,” including the development of hypersonic weapons. BIS said they have helped to design and model vehicles in hypersonic flight and used “proprietary software to model weapons design and damage.” Those entities are Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics; Ji Hua Laboratory; Nanjing Simite Optical Instruments Co., Ltd.; Peng Cheng Laboratory; Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics; Suzhou Ultranano Precision Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; and Wuhu Kewei Zhaofu Electronics Co., Ltd.
BIS also added Myanmar-based Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited to the Entity List for providing “surveillance services and financial support” to the country’s military, which has allowed it to commit human rights abuses by tracking “target individuals and groups.”
Pakistan-based Emerging Future Solutions Private Limited also was added because of its “contributions to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program,” BIS said.
All exports that now require a license as a result of this rule but were aboard a carrier to a port as of Jan. 6 may proceed to their destinations under the previous eligibility as long as the items are exported before Feb. 5, BIS said. Any items not exported before midnight Feb. 5 will require a license.
The rule also makes two minor corrections to the Entity List by fixing spelling and punctuation errors in the addresses for Shenzhen Guowei Sensing Technology Co., Ltd. The company was added to the list in December because of its involvement in advanced semiconductor production for the Chinese military (see 2412020016).