Compliance with the ITAR is essential for the businesses that are involved in the manufacturing and exporting of the defense articles, related technical information and providing defense services. Defense articles contain items used predominantly in the military applications, items that are listed on the United States Munitions List, and other items that are used in the intelligence and aerospace applications and determined to be controlled by the U.S. Department of State – DDTC. It is very necessary for the companies who are exporting the defense items across the borders to comply with the ITAR. Failing to comply with the regulations can result in fines, imprisonment, revocation of the manufacturing and export rights of the companies, and there can be loss of brand reputation.
Does Your Exporting Process ITAR Compliant?
Several problems arise when a company/organization is not registered and compliant with the ITAR regulations and exports items controlled under ITAR. If the manufacturer is unaware of this non-compliance, ignorance is considered not a perfect reason for defending and in such case, the manufacturer would pay penalties and face even imprisonment and loss of exporting licenses.
What Is ITAR?
Every company’s management should have a total confidence in its trade compliance efforts with respect to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The ITAR is the implementation of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) which was initially enacted in 1976 in order to restrict the export of arms. Items that are listed on the United States Munitions List were under the rules, and the companies have to receive an authorization (aka DDTC registration) from the US Department of State - DDTC before exporting the defense items. There is a dramatic rise in the enforcement of the ITAR in the last ten years and the American manufacturers are more aware of the ITAR compliance as they know that if they fail to comply with the regulation, multiple negative consequences would occur.
The manufacturers who produce the defense equipments that are listed on the USML list must register with United States Department of the State before they start the business of exporting to a recipient which is a non-US company, representative of a foreign organization or a non-US person, in the U.S. pr abroad. The trading company should operate according to the ITAR requirements for exporting the products and disclosing related technical information.
Full compliance with the U.S ITAR regulations and determination of the export license requirements are probably the most important steps before exporting and re-exporting the defense articles. Even the export is not planned previously, in almost every military end-use related products there will be a need for ensuring protection of the technical data against access of unauthorized persons. The experienced trade compliance consultants evaluate the project very carefully and help the companies in the world of ITAR.
Some of the service of the ITAR compliance related services are reviewing the technology and materials of applicable controls, technology control plan preparation, license exemption review and assistance, commodity jurisdiction analysis assistance and many more other important services.
Several problems arise when a company/organization is not registered and compliant with the ITAR regulations and exports items controlled under ITAR. If the manufacturer is unaware of this non-compliance, ignorance is considered not a perfect reason for defending and in such case, the manufacturer would pay penalties and face even imprisonment and loss of exporting licenses.
What Is ITAR?
Every company’s management should have a total confidence in its trade compliance efforts with respect to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The ITAR is the implementation of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) which was initially enacted in 1976 in order to restrict the export of arms. Items that are listed on the United States Munitions List were under the rules, and the companies have to receive an authorization (aka DDTC registration) from the US Department of State - DDTC before exporting the defense items. There is a dramatic rise in the enforcement of the ITAR in the last ten years and the American manufacturers are more aware of the ITAR compliance as they know that if they fail to comply with the regulation, multiple negative consequences would occur.
The manufacturers who produce the defense equipments that are listed on the USML list must register with United States Department of the State before they start the business of exporting to a recipient which is a non-US company, representative of a foreign organization or a non-US person, in the U.S. pr abroad. The trading company should operate according to the ITAR requirements for exporting the products and disclosing related technical information.
Full compliance with the U.S ITAR regulations and determination of the export license requirements are probably the most important steps before exporting and re-exporting the defense articles. Even the export is not planned previously, in almost every military end-use related products there will be a need for ensuring protection of the technical data against access of unauthorized persons. The experienced trade compliance consultants evaluate the project very carefully and help the companies in the world of ITAR.
Some of the service of the ITAR compliance related services are reviewing the technology and materials of applicable controls, technology control plan preparation, license exemption review and assistance, commodity jurisdiction analysis assistance and many more other important services.