State Department Bans 11 Entities, 1 Person From Export Licenses, Government Procurement
The State Department announced procurement bans and export controls on 11 entities and one person for violating export restrictions imposed by multilateral control groups. The restrictions, said a notice released Oct. 2, apply to entities in China, Russia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, their subsidiaries and one person in China for illegally trading items restricted by multilateral control groups, including the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group. The order bans U.S. government procurement and government sales to any of the entities or people involving items on the U.S. Munitions List and controlled under the Arms Export Control Act. It also suspends export licenses for items controlled under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the Export Administration Regulations. The order took effect Sept. 23 and will remain in place for two years. It applies to the following entities:
- Gaobeidian Kaituo Precise Instrument Co. Ltd (China)
- Luo Dingwen (Chinese individual)
- Raybeam Optronics Co. Ltd. (China)
- Tungsten Online (Xiamen) Manu and Sales Corp. (China)
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran)
- Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) (Iraq)
- Rosoboronexport (Russia)
- Al Jaysh al Sha’bi (Syria)
- Fifth Border Guard Regiment (Syria)
- Lebanese Hizballah (Syria)
- Scientific Studies and Research Center (Syria)
- Syrian Army.