DDTC Issues Guidance on Turkey Export Restrictions

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Dec. 14 issued guidance on the recently imposed U.S. sanctions against Turkey, detailing how it will implement various export restrictions. DDTC said it will not approve “any specific license or authorization” for exports or reexports for transactions where Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) is a party, including for “defense articles,” technical data or defense services. While the restrictions do not apply to “temporary import authorizations” or current and valid reexport authorizations, they do apply to all new export and reexport authorizations, DDTC said. That includes “amendments to previously approved licenses or agreements and licenses in furtherance of previously approved agreements.”

DDTC also clarified the export restrictions do not apply to SSB subsidiaries. License applications to SSB subsidiaries will be reviewed case by case, including a “foreign policy and national security review.” The agency also said this announcement does not ban U.S. government procurement from SSB.