$44,750 civil penalty for violating antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce today imposed a $44,750 civil penalty on a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of portable lighting products, for violating antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
According to the BIS release, the manufacturer was found to have furnished prohibited information about its business relationships with boycotted countries and failed to report a request to engage in a restrictive trade practice against a country friendly to the United States. The violations occurred in 2019 during a trade show in Bahrain, where the manufacturer certified that its goods were not of Israeli origin and not manufactured by a company on the "Israeli Boycott Blacklist." Furnishing such information is prohibited by Section 760.2(d) of the EAR. In addition, the company failed to report to BIS the receipt of the request to furnish this information, as required by Section 760.5 of the EAR.
The manufacturer self-disclosed the violations, cooperated with the investigation, and took remedial actions, which led to a reduced penalty.