Import Basics for Export Control, Sourcing, Contracts, Purchasing, Receiving, Engineering, and Supply Chain Professionals. US import rules and regulations have a significant impact on your day-to-day business activities. Even if import compliance is not your job, import rules and regulations can have a significant impact on you. This practical and informative webinar gives non-import professionals the information they need to know. Maybe you d...

On top of the already current availability of license exceptions for EAR exporters, it is likely that license exceptions will authorize exports of many of the items that export control reform will move from the ITAR's US Munitions List to the Commerce Control List. EAR license exceptions authorize certain exports without a license. Some exporters, however, get a license even when an exception is available because they prefer the comfort factor...

Don’t let lack of knowledge about Indian export controls keep your company out of this growing market. What you need to know if you have operations, affiliates, subsidiaries, customers, suppliers, or facilities in India. Many companies have entered or are in the process of entering the Indian market and need to have a more concrete understanding of how India regulates trade in dual-use goods and technologies. India has a unique and compl...

Tech Data Export Controls 2013 Update--There Are No Easy Answers Doing business in 2013 is tough, needless to say. But, doing it while trying to comply with export control rules largely crafted 20-30+ years ago is down right hard. Despite government adjustments to certain aspects of the technical data export control rules, export compliance challenges are growing and changing at a pace far faster than the government changes the export control...

In the latest installment of our instructional webinar series focused on the nuts and bolts of export compliance, we will address the most complex US Government export authorization, the Department of State's agreements, including the Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA), Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) and the Warehouse and Distribution Agreement (WDA). If you are exporting technical data or providing defense services subject to the Int...

What you need to know now to plan for reform changes. This webinar will be the first in a series of webinars designed to help companies plan for the upcoming EAR and ITAR changes that may be implemented in 2013. This webinar will address the following topics: How to start: determining which regulations are relevant Timing: estimating when the new regulations will be implemented Planning for the transition of USML items to the CCL How to achiev...

Don’t Be Afraid to Use Exemptions ITAR license exemptions authorize certain hardware exports without a license. Some exporters, however, get a license even when an exemption is available because they prefer the comfort factor of having an export license—and that is certainly understandable because some of the exemptions are complex and confusing, not to mention that some of the restrictions that prohibit you from using an exemption...

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 1:00PM EST Effective export compliance plans require implementing procedures appropriate to your company’s product line and business model. Join us for a discussion on the ways to create a written plan which will result in a useful tool for your company’s employees instead of a dusty binder on a bookshelf. ECTI’s export compliance webinar will focus on the best ways to attack the problem of develop...

If you get this wrong, you’ll have to be lucky to get your exports right. One of the most difficult and important export compliance tasks is determining the classification in the Commerce Control List (CCL) for the items you export. If you get the wrong Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for the items you export, you can’t accurately determine the countries for which those items require an export license. Finding the corre...

Doing disclosures can be costly both in man hours and legal fees and usually result in no monetary penalties. Find out how to establish a policy on disclosures with an eye toward cost savings. Even the most compliant companies can make mistakes and whether or not to file “voluntary disclosures” relating to these errors is often a difficult decision. Companies have options when dealing with violations and should have a policy on wha...