BIS, CBP Implement New 'Verify' Alerts After Aberrant Number of North Korea Export Filings
The Bureau of Industry and Security and CBP last month rolled out two new country “verify” alerts for exports to sanctioned countries, messages that essentially make sure the exporter is aware it is exporting to such locations, BIS Office of…
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National Security and Technology Transfer Controls Director Eileen Albanese said Dec. 14, during a Practising Law Institute export controls conference. Now, filers marking exports for Cuba, Syria, Sudan, North Korea or Iran will get a “verify” alert “to the effect of, ‘You know you’re shipping to sanctioned countries, right?’” Albanese said. “So kind of a helpful hint for you.” Such backstop alerts stem, in part, from BIS “getting data” that indicated a “huge” number of shipments to North Korea, as gleaned from country codes, she said. “Instead of exporters putting in ‘KR’ for South Korea, they were putting in ‘KP’ for North Korea.”