For years, the US aerospace industry pushed for relief from a burdensome and antiquated export control system. Now, that effort has finally paid off with substantial reforms to both the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which will directly impact manufacturers and exporters of aircraft and aircraft components. The time for talk is over, and the moment for action is now! Learn what...

Webinar Instructor: Felice Laird June 18, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Improving Compliance with Effective Export Compliance Audits Despite their negative image, export compliance audits are one of the most effective tools for improving and validating your compliance program. Whenever possible, audits should not be about digging to see how many violations you can find. Instead, audits should strive to find the weaknesses in your compliance program and sp...

If you’re currently (or hoping to be) doing business in any potentially controlled commodity sector in or with Russia, you need to be aware of, and prepared for, Russia’s export controls, and this webinar can help! It puts the “RRR” in the “BRIC”, it is a top EU and USA trading partner, and it has an export control system that can be as complex as any other (if not more so)! It’s the Russian Federation...

Whether you are involved in negotiating business agreements or are responsible for the shipment of products under previously-negotiated contracts, this webinar is for you. Incoterms are a set of pre-defined rules around the delivery of goods from sellers to buyers which have found wide use in international trade. Using Incoterms is a great idea in theory, but one which often runs into trouble in practice when they are misused. Take control of...

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...