Earlier this month, BIS’ Office of Boycott Compliance announced a Settlement Agreement with Mitsui Plastics, Inc., a domestic concern doing business in New York, to settle its potential civil liability for nine alleged violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
| Charges | Details | Summary | Enforcement Action |
| § 760.2(d) | Furnishing Information about Business Relationships with Boycotted Countries or Blacklisted Persons | In connection with the sale and/or transfer of goods from the U.S. to Bahrain, Mitsui, on two occasions “furnished information concerning another person’s business relationships with another person who is known or believed to be restricted from having any business relationship with or in a boycotting country.” | Civil Monetary Penalty of $28,600 |
| § 760.5 | Failing to Report the Receipt of a Request to Engage in a Restrictive Trade Practice or Foreign Boycott Against a Country Friendly to the United States | Also in connection with the sale and/or transfer of goods from the U.S. to Bahrain, Mitsui, on seven occasions “received a request to take an action which would have the effect of furthering or supporting a restrictive trade practice or unsanctioned foreign boycott. Mitsui failed to report its receipt of these requests to the Department…” |