The Bureau of Industry and Security has posted the public comments on its proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List (CCL) certain gas turbine engines and associated equipment that the President determines no longer warrant control under the U.S. Munitions List (USML).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) that were effective on January 6 and 19, 2012 for the following, respectively:

The Bureau of Industry and Security has posted the public comments on its proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List (CCL) certain military vehicles and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control under the U.S. Munitions List (USML). BIS received only two public comments on this proposed rule. The proposed rule would revise USML Category VII (military ground vehicles and related articles) to narrow the articles controlled on the USML and make this list of items more positive. At the same time, BIS re-proposed the creation of five new 600 series ECCNs to control articles removed from Category VII that would instead be controlled by the CCL. This rule does not propose any tiering.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a correction to its January 9, 2012 final rule that imposes a license requirement on exports and reexports to all destinations other than Canada of two types of microwave and millimeter wave electronic components. The two components are packaged high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) and packaged microwave “monolithic integrated circuits” (MMIC) power amplifiers. The correction adds a compliance date of February 9, 2012 in order to provide exporters and reexporters sufficient time to comply. As a result of this change, only exports and reexports on or after February 9, 2012 are affected by the licensing requirement imposed in new ECCNs 3A982, 3D982, and 3E982. (Note that the final rule still took effect on January 9, 2012.)

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective January 9, 2012, which imposes a license requirement on exports and reexports to all destinations other than Canada of two types of microwave and millimeter wave electronic components. The two components are packaged high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) and packaged microwave “monolithic integrated circuits” (MMIC) power amplifiers.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has posted the public comments it has received on its proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List (CCL) certain aircraft and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control under United States Munitions List (USML) Category VIII. The proposed rule also modifies BIS' July 2011 proposed rule regarding the eligibility for License Exception STA, among other things. Written comments on the proposed rule were due by December 22, 2011.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is correcting, as of January 1, 2011, the Commerce Control List (Supplement No. 1 to 15 CFR Part 774) to make corrections to ECCN 9D004 by removing certain paragraphs from the end of the entry regarding development of production technology controlled by ECCN 9E001 to 9E003.

The State Department has issued a proposed rule to revise USML Category XX (submersible vessels and related articles) to narrow the articles controlled on the USML, and to make this list of items more positive. At the same time, BIS is proposing the creation of four new 600 series ECCNs to control submersible vessels, oceanographic equipment and related articles removed from Category VI or XX that would instead be controlled by the CCL. The State Department is also not proposing any tiering at this time, and is still developing its definition of "Specially Designed."

The State Department has issued a proposed rule to revise USML Category VI (surface vessels of war and special naval equipment) to narrow the articles controlled on the USML, and to make this list of items more positive. At the same time, BIS is proposing the creation of five new 600 series ECCNs to control vessels of war and related articles removed from Category VI that would instead be controlled by the CCL. The State Department is also not proposing any tiering at this time, and is still developing its definition of "Specially Designed."

The Bureau of Industry and Security is correcting, as of January 1, 2011, the Commerce Control List (Supplement No. 1 to 15 CFR Part 774) to revise the “Reasons for Control" paragraph for ECCN 1E001.