[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41429-41430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16886]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Notice of Meeting With Interested Public To Discuss Sanctions 
Easing for North Korea

    The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA), in conjunction with 
other federal agencies, will brief companies and interested 
organizations on recent changes in North Korea that have led to easing 
of trade sanctions. U.S. officials will provide information on the new 
rules for doing business with North Korea.

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    The meeting will be held July 6, 2000, at 9:30 a.m., at the 
Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 6802, 14th 
Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    If you plan to attend, please fax your name and company or 
organization affiliation to ATTN: NORTH KOREA BRIEFING, at (202) 482-
6088. For further information contact Frank Ruggiero in BXA at (202) 
482-1926 or 482-4252. Interested parties requiring special 
accommodations should also contact BXA in advance.

Background

    On June 19, 2000, BXA published regulations easing sanctions on 
North Korea. This implemented the Administration's September 1999 
decision to ease sanctions provided North Korea maintains its 
moratorium on testing long-range ballistic missiles. U.S. exporters may 
now export the vast majority of U.S. consumer products to North Korea 
without a license, including agricultural, medical, and low-level 
industrial goods and services. The Administration's sanctions easing 
program continues to require a license for items on the Commerce 
Control List (CCL), including additional items added to the CCL on June 
19. Items on the CCL include multilaterally controlled items, as well 
as a range of lower-level products and technologies controlled for 
anti-terrorism and non-proliferation reasons.
    Other Federal agencies took related measures. The Transportation 
Department published a rule lifting the ban on U.S. ships and aircraft 
transporting goods or traveling to North Korea. Previously, U.S. 
registered ships and aircraft were prohibited from engaging in such 
activities. The Treasury Department published rules allowing new 
financial, trade and other transactions with North Korea and its 
nationals. Treasury will require a notification and approval process 
for all imports from North Korea.
    BXA has scheduled a meeting for July 6 to more fully explain to 
industry and other organizations the new rules for conducting business 
with North Korea.

James A. Lewis,
Director, Office of Strategic Trade.
[FR Doc. 00-16886 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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