BIS Commodity Classification Web Page Now Includes Info from 48 Companies
The Bureau of Industry and Security has updated its commodity classification Web page to include information received from an additional ten companies (for a total of 48) that have requested that the information available on their companies’ Web sites, and/or their companies’ export control points of contact, be accessible via the BIS Web site.
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Postings Can Include Products, Services, Contacts
BIS’ Web page is intended to enhance procedural transparency in the licensing process and to help exporters comply with U.S. export and reexport control laws. BIS notes that any company information posted to this Web site is for informational purposes only and does not signify any additional obligations under the Export Administration Regulations.
The Web page often contains a description of products and services, the export control point of contact for each company, and in some cases, a Web site address.
Updated Table Includes Info from 10 New Companies
The 48 companies that have supplied information as of April 20, 2010 include the following (companies added since the previous publication of the commodity classification table are marked with an asterisk *):
| 3Com Corporation | Altera Corporation |
| AmpliTech, Inc.* | Analog Devices, Inc. |
| Apple, Inc. | Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. |
| Avaya Inc.* | Avtech Corporation |
| Bayer Corporation | Cisco |
| Cirrus Logic Inc. | Eckart America Corp. |
| Electronics for Imaging | FCI USA, Inc. |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Freescale Semiconductor Inc.* |
| Fusion UV Systems, Inc.* | Hitachi America |
| Ion Geophysical | Jeen International Corporation |
| LeCroy Corporation | LND, Inc. |
| Lord Corporation* | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. |
| McAfee, Inc. | National Instruments Corporation |
| NEPI | NetApp, Inc. |
| Nortel Networks | Novell |
| Owen Oil Tools | Pacific Cast Technologies, Inc. (a division of Ladish Co.) |
| Pelco | Plantronics Inc.* |
| Poco Graphite, Inc. (an Entegris Company) | Research Concepts, Inc. |
| Research In Motion Limited (RIM) | Rockwell Collins* |
| Separation Systems | SKF USA Inc. |
| Southwest Microwave Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
| Syris Scientific | Texas Instruments Inc. |
| Texascoolvest LLC | Unisys Corporation* |
| Vectron International, Inc.* | West Power Solutions (WPS), Inc.* |
New Products Listed for Added Companies
New products listed in the updated table from the ten newly added companies include industrial UV curing systems (Fusion UV Systems, Inc.); anti-vibration components/adhesives-coatings (Lord Corporation); and crystal-based frequency control products (Vectron International), among others.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 10/01/09 news, 09100135, for BP summary of BIS’ last updated version of the commodity classification table.)