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BIS Adds 13 Chinese Companies to Entity List

October 18, 2023 by Ian Cohen|Top News

The Bureau of Industry and Security added 13 Chinese entities to the Entity List that are involved in developing advanced computing semiconductors that may be used for activities that threaten U.S. national security, the agency announced this week. Each of the entities will be subject to license requirements for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, including BIS foreign direct product rule restrictions. Licenses will be reviewed under a presumption of denial.

The additions, effective Oct. 17, were released alongside two separate BIS rules (see 2310170055) that updated its existing Chona-related chip controls first announced on Oct. 7, 2022. The agency said the chips covered under the rules and being developed by these 13 entities “can be used to provide artificial intelligence capabilities to further development of weapons of mass destruction, advanced weapons systems, and high-tech surveillance applications.”

All exports that now require a license as a result of this rule that were aboard a carrier to a port as of Oct. 17 may proceed to their destinations under the previous eligibility as long as the items have been exported before Nov. 16, BIS said.

The new Entity List additions are: