[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55036-55040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14642]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 240626-0176]
RIN 0694-AJ70


The Unverified List; Additions and Removals

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 13 persons to the 
Unverified List (UVL). The 13 persons being added are added under the 
following destinations: China, Peoples' Republic of (China) (8), Cyprus 
(1), Kyrgyzstan (1), T[uuml]rkiye (2), and the United Arab Emirates 
(UAE) (1). BIS is also amending the EAR by removing eight persons from 
the UVL. Of the eight persons being removed, one is under the 
destination of the UAE, one is under the destination of Russia, and six 
are under the destination of China. This final rule also removes the 
country name Russia from the UVL. Lastly, this final rule replaces the 
country name Turkey with T[uuml]rkiye in the UVL. This is a conforming 
change to the U.S. State Department's recognition on January 9, 2023, 
of T[uuml]rkiye's official name.

DATES: This rule is effective: July 3, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deniz Muslu Acting Director, Office of 
Enforcement Analysis, Phone: (202) 482-4255, Email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Unverified List

    The UVL, found in supplement no. 6 to part 744 of the EAR (15 CFR 
parts 730-774), contains the names and addresses of foreign persons who 
are or have been parties to a transaction, as described in Sec.  748.5 
of the EAR, involving the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of 
items subject to the EAR. These foreign persons are added to the UVL 
because BIS or Federal officials acting on BIS's behalf were unable to 
verify their bona fides (i.e., legitimacy and reliability relating to 
the end use and end user of items subject to the EAR) through the 
completion of an end-use check. Sometimes these checks, such as a pre-
license check (PLC) or a post-shipment verification (PSV), cannot be 
completed satisfactorily for reasons outside the U.S. Government's 
control.
    There are a number of reasons why end-use checks cannot be 
completed to the satisfaction of the U.S. Government. The reasons 
include, but are not limited to: (1) reasons unrelated to the 
cooperation of the foreign party subject to the end-use check (e.g., 
BIS sometimes initiates end-use checks, but is unable to complete them 
because the foreign party cannot be found at the address indicated on 
the associated export documents and BIS cannot contact the party by 
telephone or email); (2) reasons related to a lack of cooperation by a 
host government that fails to schedule and facilitate the completion of 
an end-use check (e.g., a host government agencies' lack of response to 
requests to conduct end-use checks, actions preventing the scheduling 
of such checks, or refusals to schedule checks in a timely manner); or 
(3) when, during the end-use check, a recipient of items subject to the 
EAR is unable to produce the items that are the subject of the end-use 
check for visual inspection or provide sufficient documentation or 
other evidence to confirm the disposition of the items.
    BIS's inability to confirm the bona fides of foreign persons 
subject to end-use checks raises concerns about the suitability of such 
persons as participants in future exports, reexports, or transfers (in-
country) of items subject to the EAR; the inability to confirm a 
foreign person's bona fides also indicates a risk that items subject to 
the EAR may be diverted to prohibited end uses and/or end users. Under 
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circumstances, there may not be sufficient information to add the 
foreign person at issue to the Entity List (supplement no. 4 to part 
744 of the EAR) under Sec.  744.11 of the EAR. Therefore, BIS may add 
the foreign person to the UVL.
    As provided in Sec.  740.2(a)(17) of the EAR, the use of license 
exceptions for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) involving 
a party or parties to the transaction who are listed on the UVL is 
suspended. Additionally, under Sec.  744.15(b) of the EAR, there is a 
requirement for exporters, re-exporters, and transferors to obtain, and 
maintain a record of, a UVL statement from a party or parties to the 
transaction who are listed on the UVL before proceeding with exports, 
reexports, and transfers (in-country) to such persons, when the 
exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) are not subject to a 
license requirement. Finally, pursuant to Sec.  758.1(b)(8), Electronic 
Export Information (EEI) must be filed in the Automated Export System 
(AES) for all exports of tangible items subject to the EAR in which 
parties to the transaction, as described in Sec.  748.5(d) through (f), 
are listed on the UVL.
    Requests for the removal of a UVL entry must be made in accordance 
with Sec.  744.15(d) of the EAR. Decisions regarding the removal or 
modification of UVL entry will be made by the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Export Enforcement, based on a demonstration by the 
listed person of their bona fides. As provided in Sec.  744.15(c)(2) of 
the EAR, BIS will remove a person from the UVL when BIS is able to 
verify the bona fides of the listed person.

Additions to the UVL

    This rule adds 13 persons to the UVL by amending supplement no. 6 
to part 744 of the EAR to include their names and addresses. BIS is 
adding these persons pursuant to Sec.  744.15(c) of the EAR. This final 
rule implements the decision to add the following 13 persons to the 
UVL: Avant Science Co., Ltd.; Bada Group Hong Kong Corporation, 
Limited; Hongkong Delta Electronics Technology Co., Limited; Hongxin 
Technology Limited; Lihang Technology Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Mingxinyuan 
Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Xianhexin Electronics Co., Ltd.; and Xi'An Aerotek 
Co., Ltd. under the destination of China; Mirsystems Ltd. under the 
destination of Cyprus; Inerto LLC under the destination of Kyrgyzstan; 
AUK Group and ER Transport Uluslararasi Tasimacilik Limited Sirketi 
under the destination of T[uuml]rkiye; and Navio Shipping LLC under the 
destination of the UAE.

Removals From the UVL

    This rule removes seven persons from the UVL because BIS was able 
to verify their bona fides. This rule removes the following seven 
persons located in the following destinations from the UVL: Fulian 
Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Nanning Fulian Fu Gui 
Precision Co., Ltd.; Guangzhou Trusme Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.; 
Guangzhou Xinyun Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Jia Li 
Chuang Tech Development Co., Ltd.; and Xi'An Yierda Co., Ltd. under the 
destination of China; and Aero King FZC under the destination of the 
UAE. BIS is removing these persons pursuant to Sec.  744.15(c)(2) of 
the EAR. This rule also makes a conforming change to remove one person 
under the destination of Russia from the UVL on the basis of that 
person's addition to the Entity List. On February 23, 2024, in the 
final rule ``Additions of Entities to the Entity List'' (89 FR 14385 
February 27, 2024), BIS added ``EFO Company Limited Liability Company'' 
a.k.a. the following three aliases:--OOO EFO;--EFO Ltd.; and--EFO LLC., 
under the destination of Russia to the Entity List. Therefore, this 
rule removes ``EFO Ltd.'', under the destination of Russia, from the 
UVL.

Corrections to the UVL

    Given the removal of all entries all under the destination of 
Russia, this final rule removes the destination of Russia from the UVL. 
This final rule also changes the name of Turkey to T[uuml]rkiye in the 
UVL, which impacts the name of the destination and the five entries 
within that destination. BIS makes this change to conform to the U.S. 
State Department's recognition on January 9, 2023, of T[uuml]rkiye's 
official name.

Export Control Reform Act of 2018

    On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 
included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA), 50 U.S.C. 4801-
4852. ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's principal authorities and 
serves as the authority under which BIS issues this final rule.

Savings Clause

    Shipments (1) that are removed from license exception eligibility 
or that are now subject to requirements in Sec.  744.15 of the EAR as a 
result of this regulatory action; (2) that were eligible for export, 
reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license before this 
regulatory action; and (3) that were on dock for loading, on lighter, 
laden aboard an exporting carrier, or enroute aboard a carrier to a 
port of export, on July 3, 2024, pursuant to actual orders, may proceed 
to that UVL listed person under the previous license exception 
eligibility or without a license and pursuant to the export clearance 
requirements set forth in part 758 of the EAR that applied prior to 
this person being listed on the UVL, so long as the items have been 
exported from the United States, reexported or transferred (in-country) 
before August 2, 2024. Any such items not actually exported, reexported 
or transferred (in-country) before midnight on August 2, 2024 are 
subject to the requirements in Sec.  744.15 of the EAR in accordance 
with this rule.

Rulemaking Requirements

Executive Order Requirements

    Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all 
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distribute impacts, and equity). Executive 
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and 
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting 
flexibility. This final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' 
under Executive Order 12866.
    This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications as 
that term is defined under Executive Order 13132.

Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor is subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, 
a collection of information, subject to the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA), unless 
that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number.
    The UVL additions contain collections of information approved by 
OMB under the following control numbers:
     OMB Control Number 0694-0088--Simple Network Application 
Process and Multipurpose Application Form,
     OMB Control Number 0694-0122--Miscellaneous Licensing 
Responsibilities and Enforcement,
     OMB Control Number 0694-0134--Entity List and Unverified 
List Requests,
     OMB Control Number 0694-0137--License Exemptions and 
Exclusions.

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    BIS believes that the overall increases in burdens and costs will 
be minimal and will fall within the already approved amounts for these 
existing collections. Additional information regarding these 
collections of information--including all background materials--can be 
found at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain by using the search 
function to enter either the title of the collection or the OMB Control 
Number.

Administrative Procedure Act and Regulatory Flexibility Act 
Requirements

    Pursuant to Section 1762 of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4821), this action is 
exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) 
requirements for notice of proposed rulemaking and opportunity for 
public participation.
    Further, no other law requires notice of proposed rulemaking or 
opportunity for public comment for this final rule. Because a notice of 
proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not 
required under the Administrative Procedure Act or by any other law, 
the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.) are not applicable.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

    Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730 through 774) is amended as follows:

PART 744--END-USE AND END-USER CONTROLS

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1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 is continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 
1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 
608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 
CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., 
p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice 
of September 7, 2023, 88 FR 62439 (September 11, 2023); Notice of 
November 1, 2023, 88 FR 75475 (November 3, 2023).


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2. Supplement no. 6 to part 744 is amended:
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a. Under CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF, by:
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i. Adding entries in alphabetical order for ``Avant Science Co., Ltd.'' 
and ``Bada Group Hong Kong Corporation Limited'';
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ii. Removing the entries for ``Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) 
Co., Ltd.;'' ``Guangzhou Trusme Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.;'' and 
``Guangzhou Xinyun Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.'';
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iii. Adding entries in alphabetical order for ``Hongkong Delta 
Electronics Technology Co., Limited'', ``Hongxin Technology Limited'', 
and ``Lihang Technology Co., Ltd.'';
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iv. Removing the entries for ``Nanning Fulian Fu Gui Precision 
Industrial Co., Ltd.'' and ``Shenzhen Jia Li Chuang Tech Development 
Co., Ltd.'';
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v. Adding entries in alphabetical order for ``Shenzhen Mingxinyuan Co., 
Ltd.'', ``Shenzhen Xianhexin Electronics Co., Ltd.'', and ``Xi'An 
Aerotek Co., Ltd.''; and
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vi. Removing the entry for ``Xi'An Yierda Co., Ltd.'';
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b. By adding an entry in alphabetical order for CYPRUS;
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c. By adding an entry in alphabetical order for KYRGYZSTAN;
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d. By removing the entry for ``RUSSIA'';
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g. By removing the entry for ``TURKEY'' and adding an entry for 
``T[Uuml]RKIYE'' in its place; and
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h. Under UNITED ARAB EMIRATES by
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i. ii. Removing the entry for ``Aero King FZC''; and
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ii. Adding an entry in alphabetical order for ``Navio Shipping LLC''.
    The additions read as follows:

Supplement No. 6 to Part 744--Unverified List

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       Country            Listed person and address         citation
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CHINA, PEOPLES
 REPUBLIC OF.
 
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                       Avant Science Co., Ltd., 24/F    89 FR [INSERT
                        Che Wah Industrial Building No   FEDERAL
                        1-7 Kin Hong St., Kwai Chung,    REGISTER PAGE
                        New Territories, Hong Kong.      NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
 
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                       Bada Group Hong Kong             89 FR [INSERT
                        Corporation, Limited Unit 102-   FEDERAL
                        104, 1/F, Kerry Warehouse, San   REGISTER PAGE
                        Po Street, Sheung Shui Hong      NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Kong; and Rm 102, 1/F, China     2024.
                        Resources Logistics Sheung
                        Shui Warehouse No. 2 San Po
                        Street, Sheung Shui, New
                        Territories, Hong Kong.
 
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                       Hongkong Delta Electronics       89 FR [INSERT
                        Technology Co., Limited Unit     FEDERAL
                        3, 6/F Kam Hon Industrial        REGISTER PAGE
                        Building 8 Wang Kwun Road,       NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong.          2024.
                       Hongxin Technology Limited, B/   89 FR [INSERT
                        5, 5/F, Block 1, Camel Paint     FEDERAL
                        Building 62 Hoi Yuen Road,       REGISTER PAGE
                        Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong;   NUMBER] 7/3/
                        and Flat/Rm 917B, Block A, 9/    2024.
                        F, New Mandarin Plaza No. 14
                        Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha
                        Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
 

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                       Lihang Technology Co., Ltd.,     89 FR [INSERT
                        Shenhua Industrial Building      FEDERAL
                        Room 602, Chiwei, Binhe          REGISTER PAGE
                        Avenue, Futian District          NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.      2024.
 
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                       Shenzhen Mingxinyuan Co., Ltd.,  89 FR [INSERT
                        No. 18 Zhonghang Road New Asia   FEDERAL
                        Guoli Building Room 1319,        REGISTER PAGE
                        Huaqiangbei, Futian District,    NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.      2024.
                       Shenzhen Xianhexin Electronics   89 FR [INSERT
                        Co., Ltd., Huaqiang North        FEDERAL
                        Street, Dingcheng Building       REGISTER PAGE
                        613, Futian District,            NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.      2024.
 
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                       Xi'An Aerotek Co., Ltd., No. 4   89 FR [INSERT
                        First Road Hi Tech Zone Xi'An,   FEDERAL
                        Shaanxi, China.                  REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
 
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CYPRUS...............  Mirsystems Ltd, Griva Digeni 28  89 FR [INSERT
                        1st Floor, Nicosia, 1066         FEDERAL
                        Cyprus.                          REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
 
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KYRGYZSTAN...........  Inerto LLC, Lermontov Street     89 FR [INSERT
                        House 1, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.    FEDERAL
                                                         REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
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T[Uuml]RKIYE.........  AUK Group, Kurtulus Mah. Sinasi  89 FR [INSERT
                        Efendi Sk. Ahmet Paksoy Apt.     FEDERAL
                        No:17 Kat:2, Seyhan. Adana       REGISTER PAGE
                        01010, T[uuml]rkiye; and 34277   NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Arnavutkoy Tayakadin Mah.        2024.
                        Branch, Istanbul 34540,
                        T[uuml]rkiye.
                       BLC Havacilik Saglik Medikal     88 FR 17708,
                        Insaat Elektrik Ic ve Dis        March 24, 2023.
                        Ticaret Asemek San.Sit. 1469    89 FR [INSERT
                        Cad. No:18, [Idot]vedik--OSB     FEDERAL
                        06378, Ankara, T[uuml]rkiye.     REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
                       ER Transport Uluslararasi        89 FR [INSERT
                        Tasimacilik Limited Sirketi,     FEDERAL
                        Kucukbakkalkoy Mah. Dudullu      REGISTER PAGE
                        Cad. R2 Blok Sitesi Brandium     NUMBER] 7/3/
                        Blok NO:23-25b Ic Kapi No:86     2024.
                        Atasehir, Istanbul,
                        T[uuml]rkiye; and Serifali
                        Mah. Buyukyavuz Sk. Royal
                        Plaza B Blok No:3 Ic Kapi
                        No:16 Umraniye, Istanbul,
                        T[uuml]rkiye.
                       Fast Aviation, Yesilkoy MAH      85 FR 64017,
                        Ataturk, Cad. EGS Bloklari,      October 9,
                        B:2 No:2 D:1, Istanbul,          2020.
                        T[uuml]rkiye.                   89 FR [INSERT
                                                         FEDERAL
                                                         REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
                       Metafor Lojistik, Ma. Istiklal   85 FR 64017,
                        Cad. Beyoglu, Istanbul,          October 9,
                        T[uuml]rkiye.                    2020.
                                                        89 FR [INSERT
                                                         FEDERAL
                                                         REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
                       Piro Deniz Motorlari, Safak Mh.  88 FR 17708,
                        Akdeniz San. Sit. 50003 Sk.,     March 24, 2023.
                        No: 115 Kepez--Antalya,         89 FR [INSERT
                        Antalya, T[uuml]rkiye.           FEDERAL
                                                         REGISTER PAGE
                                                         NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
                       [Uuml][ccedil][uuml]zler         88 FR 17708,
                        Lojistik Gida Tekstil, a.k.a.    March 24, 2023.
                        [Uuml][ccedil][uuml]zler        89 FR [INSERT
                        Lojistik Ltd Sti, Yeni Mahalle   FEDERAL
                        Hamit [Ouml]cal Caddesi, No 35/  REGISTER PAGE
                        1, Reyhanli/Hatay,               NUMBER] 7/3/
                        T[uuml]rkiye 31500; and Yeni     2024.
                        Mahalle Hamit [Ouml]cal
                        Caddesi, No 29, Reyhanli/
                        Hatay, Turkey 31500; and Yeni
                        Mahalle Dr. Nihat Kural Sk.,
                        Apt No: 15/11, Reyhanli/Hatay,
                        T[uuml]rkiye 31500.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
 

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                       Navio Shipping LLC, Suite 3801,  89 FR [INSERT
                        Aspin Commercial Tower Sheikh    FEDERAL
                        Zayed Road, PO Box 122471        REGISTER PAGE
                        Dubai, UAE.                      NUMBER] 7/3/
                                                         2024.
 
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Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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