Articles for SIA

SIA International Trade Scholarship Program The Society for International Affairs, Inc. (SIA) is an all volunteer, nonprofit, educational organization that was jointly formed in 1967 by the U.S. Government and Industry. SIA provides a forum for the exchange of information related to export and import licensing and compliance. SIA's interests cover the entire spectrum of licensing and compliance pertaining to the Departments of Commerce, Defense, State, Treasury ...

Federal Register Notice: A proposed rule to revise Part 129, Brokering, has been published in the Federal Register. (12.19.11) Click here to read.

(From DDTC Website) Federal Register Notice: The ITAR has been amended to allow for use of FEDWIRE as an additional method of payment for registration. (12.06.11) Click here to read. Federal Register Notice: A proposed rule to revise Category VII has been published in the Federal Register.(12.06.11) Click here to read.  ...

Please see attached amendment regarding Revision of USML Catergory VIII. The effective date of this amendment is November 7, 2011. /attachments/wysiwyg/60/Cat VIII - FRN Public Viewing(1).pdf

Please see attached ITAR Amendment regarding Filing, Retention and Return of Export Licenses and Filing of Export Information. The effective date of this Amendment is November 4, 2011. /attachments/wysiwyg/60/Lic%20Return%20Final%20-%20FRN%20Public%20Viewing.pdf

Please see attached link for ITAR Amendment Re Libya. The effective date of this amendment is November 4, 2011 /attachments/wysiwyg/60/Libya%20-%20FRN%20Public%20Viewing.pdf

Effective immediately, applicants must use the newly revised DS-4076 Commodity Jurisdiction form, Version Number 1.2. All prior versions will be rejected at the time of submission. One principal change includes a change to Block 12 adding a �none� check box, which will allow applicants to indicate when there is no equivalent U.S. or foreign product. Another change in Block 19 gives the applicant the option of directing DDTC to correspond with the applicant by email, to ...

As part of our educational mission, in 2008 SIA established a program that awards scholarships to students pursuing a degree in the field of International Trade. Scholarships are granted to support studies in areas such as political science; international relations, economics, international business, etc. Each calendar year, up to four (4) scholarships are awarded in the amount of $2500 each. The scholarship recipients also receive free admission to one of SIA's ...

An Acronym list has been posted to the DDTC website . Click here to view.

State/DDTC Updates Guidelines for Electronic Agreement Submissions http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/licensing/documents/Guidelines%20for%20Preparing%20Electronic%20Agreements%20Revision%203%20%282%29.pdf)

NEW Dual and Third Country National Guidance: The following guidance relates to the August 15, 2011 implementation of the new 126.18 rule on dual and third country nationals. The first document relates to the changes to agreements and will be incorporated into the new Guidelines as well. D-TCN AG Guidance Final. The following notional implementation plan is a suggested approach, but is by no means the only way of complying with the rule and its core principle of preventing diversion of ...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2011 White House Chief of Staff Daley Highlights Priority for the President's Export Control Reform Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. ...

Please see below updated DDTC guidelines for DSP-73, DSP-61, DSP-85 forms and General Correspondance and Proviso Reconsideration requirements. Licensing: Guidelines for DSP-73 and DSP-61 License Applications: Supporting Documentation Requirements has been updated. (6.27.11) Click here to read.  ...

Commodity Jurisdiction: DDTC is now posting on a weekly basis the status of Commodity Jurisdiction cases in process. Please click here to view the current CJ Processing Status spreadsheet. (6.24.11) Since electronic CJ processing began in September 2010, applicants had to rely on the Response Team (202-663-1282) to answer any questions concerning status. Later this year, Commodity Jurisdiction status will be available on the DDTC ...

ITAR: Final Rule on dual-nationals and third country nationals employed by foreign end users has been published. (5.16.11) Click here to read.

Effective May 13, 2011: DDTC Licensing will no longer accept the multi-page DSP-85 license application paper form. After this date, all submissions must be made using the DSP-85 downloadable and fillable form, and mailed or delivered to DDTC. The DSP-85 form may be found under the Licensing tab under "Forms". No changes have been made to the content of the form itself. Click here to view the form.

Proposed Rule: "ITAR Proposed Rule for Defense Services" has been published in the Federal Register. Comments are due to PM/DDTC by June 13, 2011. Click here to read.

Proposed Rule: "ITAR Proposed Rule for Exemption for Temporary Export of Chemical Agent Protective Gear" has been published in the Federal Register. Comments are due to PM/DDTC by May 23, 2011. Click here to read.

Proposed Rule: "ITAR Proposed Rule for Replacement Parts/Components and Incorporated Articles" has been published in the Federal Register. Comments are due to PM/DDTC by April 14, 2011. Click here to read.

BIS Publishes an Amendment to the Export Administration Regulations: Application Processing, Issuance, and Denial. Please visit http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2011/fr_03072011.pdf for more information.