Entity List: UAE, Russian, Chinese Traders Added

Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 11 entities to the Entity List .

The 11 entities are under the destinations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) (6), Russia (3), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2).

Four entities were added for support for the PRC’s military modernization efforts; Two of these four also supported Military-Intelligence End Users through the acquisition of U.S.-origin items.

“We remain laser focused on our commitment to rigorously tracking down every lead we can find to stop our most critical tools from being used against us,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez.

Five of the eleven entities are Russian and PRC entities were added for actions related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Of these, four are part of a procurement network for components for UAV applications. These components are used to develop and produce Shahed-series UAVs which have been used by Iran to attack oil tankers in the Middle East and by Russia in Ukraine.

Entities were also added for support for Russia’s defense industrial base, and procurement of dual-use components intended for UAV applications in Iran.

“These actions make clear that U.S. technology should not – and cannot – be used to enable military modernization by China or the manufacture of drones by Iran,” said Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod. “When Chinese or Iranian parties attempt to use U.S. technology to advance malign agendas, they forfeit their ability to receive unlicensed shipments of U.S. goods.”

This rule also modifies one existing entity on the Entity List to account for an additional alias.

The text of the rule, which includes the list of entities, is available on the Federal Register’s website [here]. The effective date for the rule is April 11, 2024.