Aerospace Company Penalized for Release of Technical Data to Foreign Employee
July 2008
TFC Manufacturing Inc., a California-based aerospace fabrication facility has been charged with violating the “deemed export” rule. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has required the company pay a $31,500 penalty.
From March to April 2006, TFC Manufacturing Inc. released unlicensed US technology for the production of aircraft parts classified under ECCN 9E991. The company gave the information to an employee who was a national of Iran, under the Export Administration Regulations; this release of technology to a national of Iran is deemed to be an export and is prohibited without a license.
More information:
- BIS Imposes $31,500 Penalty on California Company For Violating Deemed Export Rule (International Trade Law News)
