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Originally Posted by h0ughy
that fills in a lot Gary - but i did post to them that use that these were going to be used for - didnt hide that. But since when is Australia the Middle eastern Country with full terrorist watch.....? A weapon of mass photo destruction could be construed to be in the wrong hands i suppose  |
Hi David,
I saw where you mentioned its end-use and in the agreements we routinely are
required to sign the "end-use" is a question you have to fill out. But the real
bottom line is that without a signed legally binding Export Restriction agreement,
often also requiring the Company Seal to be affixed, many U.S. companies will
not export.
So sometimes being a company rather than an individual can be more helpful,
but you still have to, at the end of the day, sign a legally binding agreement.
When we sign them here, we are agreeing not to use the goods in certain ways
(for example, incorporating them into weapons) and not to re-export them or
the products they are in to the list of banned countries.
Apart from the list of banned countries, there is also a long watch list of denied
postal addresses. When you read the list, it might have an entry such as
military research institute in China or it can be something as inconspicuous
as a private postal address of someone in an apartment in somewhere like,
for example, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Johannesburg or London where the
resident has acted as a front man to export it to a banned country.
So one would also need to be careful when asking friends to do a favour.
Even residing in a Wassenaar Arrangement member state does not
guarantee that you can receive goods without signing an Export Agreement
and then having that agreement scrutinized by the security division of the US
Department of Commerce. At the US Department of Commerce web site, one
can search and read about each individual case where an individual or
company has been caught and fined. Some of them make for interesting reading
and some have been for seemingly innocuous parts such as stainless steel
components that were on-shipped supposedly for alleged use in an enrichment plant.
It can certainly be a real nuisance for honest and legitimate end-users such as yourself.
Good luck with the search!
- i could get the SS nylon nuts here but the bolts are a unique item
suppose thats local) they are having to import from the same place anyway to get them
if they can order - then resend to me 
