On July 12, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule adding thirty-four (34) entities to the Entity List for the following destinations:  Canada; People’s Republic of China (China); Iran; Lebanon; Netherlands; Pakistan; Russia; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan; Turkey; the United Arab Emirates (UAE); and the United Kingdom.  In addition, this final rule adds one entity to the Military End-User (MEU) List for Russia.  Each of these entities has been deemed as “acting contrary to the foreign policy interests of the United States.”

The factual basis for these listing vary based upon each entity.  Overall, these entities were either determined to have: (i) facilitated the export of U.S. items to Iran; (ii) been implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR); (iii) to have acquired and are attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in support of military modernization for the People’s Liberation Army (China); (iv) been involved in the procurement of U.S.-origin items for unauthorized military end-use; (v) exported and attempted to export items subject to the EAR to an entity on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) Specially-Designated Nationals (SDN) List without the necessary licenses; (v) been involved in the procurement of U.S.-origin electronic components likely in furtherance of Russian military program; or, (vi) been involved in proliferation to unsafeguarded nuclear activities.

The entities are:

Canada

  • Karim Daadaa
  • Modern Agropharmaceuticals & Trade Establishment.

China

  • Armyfly
  • Beijing E-science Co., Ltd.
  • Beijing Geling Shentong Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Beijing Hileed Solutions Co., Ltd.
  • Beijing Sinonet Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Chengdu Xiwu Security System Alliance Co., Ltd.
  • China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Hangzhou Hualan Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
  • Info Rank Technologies
  • Kindroid
  • Kyland Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Leon Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Shenzhen Cobber Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Shenzhen Hua’antai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Tongfang R.I.A. Co., Ltd.
  • Urumqi Tianyao Weiye Information Technology Service Co., Ltd.
  • Wingel Zhang
  • Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Xinjiang Beidou Tongchuang Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Xinjiang Lianhai Chuangzhi Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Xinjiang Sailing Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Xinjiang Tangli Technology Co., Ltd.

Iran

  • Payam Nabavi
  • Sina Biomedical Chemistry Company

Lebanon

  • Karim Daadaa
  • Modern Agropharmaceuticals & Trade Establishment

Netherlands

  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.

Pakistan

  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.

Russia

  • Andrey Leonidovich Kuznetsov
  • Dmitry Alexandrovich Kravchenko
  • Margarita Vasilyevna Kuznetsova
  • OOO Teson
  • OOO Trade-Component
  • Radiant Group of Companies
  • JSC Kazan Helicopter Plant Repair (added to BIS’ MEU List)

Singapore

  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.

South Korea

  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.

Taiwan

  • Hangzhou Hualan Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

Turkey

  • Suzhou Keda Technology Co., Ltd.

United Arab Emirates

  • TEM International FZC

United Kingdom

  • China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology

For most of the China-related entity, BIS has imposed a license review policy of case-by-case review depending upon the applicable Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs).  In most other instances, BIS has imposed a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a license review policy of “presumption of denial”. For all thirty-four entities, the license requirements apply to any transaction in which items are to be exported, reexported, or transferred (in country) to any of the entities or in which such entities act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end user. In addition, no license exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to the entities being added to the Entity List.

This final rule was effective as of July 12, 2021.  However, shipments that were en route aboard a carrier to a port of export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) on July 12, 2021, pursuant to actual orders for export or reexport to a foreign destination, may proceed to that destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR).