The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective May 6, 2009, which removes T 37 jet trainer aircraft and specially designed component parts from the Commerce Department's licensing jurisdiction on the Commerce Control List (CCL).

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective April 29, 2009, which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add an entity and revise certain names, eligible items, and destinations for existing authorizations on the list of end-users that are approved to receive exports, reexports and transfers of certain items under Authorization Validated End-User (VEU) in China.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an advisory opinion regarding whether a licensing requirement applies to Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 2B350, which controls certain chemical manufacturing facilities and equipment.

The Census Bureau has issued a revised version of Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) Letter 3, which clarifies the requirements in the FTR for filing electronic export information (EEI) through AES for exports¹ to International Waters.

The Census Bureau has posted to its Web site the January 2009 issue of its Automated Export System (AES) Newsletter.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective January 15, 2009, which revises the Export Administration Regulations for Iran to, among other things, establish a new license requirement for reexports of items classified under certain Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs), and to impose license requirements on parties who have been listed as proliferators/supporters of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) pursuant to Executive Order 13382.

To determine the appropriate extent and scope of U.S. export controls on foreign products that are the direct products of U.S.-origin encryption technology or software, the Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a notice of inquiry seeking information on the potential impact of controlling such foreign made items for Encryption Items (EI) reasons under the Export Administration Regulations.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an advisory opinion regarding whether a license is required for the export or reexport of software or technology related to Avionics Displays that employ techniques used to make a two dimensional (2D) image appear as three dimensional (3D).

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a press release stating that the U.S. has reached an agreement with China on the Authorized Validated End-User (VEU) Program, adding that with agreement on procedures in place, civilian U.S.-China high-technology trade will benefit from the continued export of certain products to VEU-approved companies without individual licenses.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective December 15, 2008, which makes technical corrections the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides accurate authority citations for the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) edition that is to be compiled as of January 1, 2009.