EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN

UNCLAS AMMAN 003808

SIPDIS

U.S. CUSTOMS HQS FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE
USDOC FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR KEVIN BRENNAN
USDOC FOR OEA/532 MARY R. CORSEY/D. JOHNSON/A. DYSON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC JO
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN
BROMINE COMPANY LTD. (APPLICATION NUMBER D292692/D293119)

REF: A. USDOC 03125

B. AMMAN 00380

C. USDOC 00298


1. IN RESPONSE TO REF A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON
APPLICATIONS D292692/D293119, ECONOFFS VISITED THE JORDAN
BROMINE COMPANY'S (JBC'S) BROMINE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN
GHORE SAFI, SOUTHERN JORDAN, ON JULY 8, 2002 AND MET WITH JBC
MATERIALS MANAGER W.C. (GRAIG) RUSSENHOLT. RUSSENHOLT WARMLY
WELCOMED ECONOFFS AND EXPLAINED THAT REF A EXTRANCHECK
EQUIPMENT, CONSISTING OF 5 HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENTS, TAG
1140989P24P1, AS WELL AS THE 8 ACRIS BUTTERFLY VALVES, TAG
VF166 AND VF167.3 RESPECTIVELY, HAD ALREADY BEEN INTEGRATED
IN THE ASSORTED BROMINE MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES. ECONOFFS
CONSEQUENTLY REQUESTED AND WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED ASSEMBLIES AS A MEANS TO VERIFY EQUIPMENT
INTEGRATION AND PROPER USE AS STIPULATED BY REF C EXPORT
LICENSE. NO UNTOWARD DEVELOPMENTS AROSE AND REF A
EXTRANCHECK EQUIPMENT WAS VERIFIED TO BE ON SITE AND IN PLACE
AS DESIGNED.


2. AS A WELCOME ASIDE, RUSSENHOLT BRIEFED ECONOFFS IN DETAIL
REGARDING JBC'S RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDED SECURITY
MEASURES AT THE PLANT. THESE MEASURES INCLUDED STRENGTHENED
PERMITER SECURITY, ADDITIONAL GUARDS TO SCREEN ACCESS/EGRESS,
ETC., IN RESPONSE TO SUGGESTIONS OFFERED BY SCO AND ECONOFF
DURING REF B VISIT. RUSSENHOLT NOTED THAT ENHANCED SECURITY
INITIATIVES ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND WILL LIKELY BE
IMPLEMENTED BY A PHASE-IN, GRADUAL APPROACH.


3. RUSSENHOLT CLEARLY EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR USDOC
AND EMBASSY ASSISTANCE IN SMOOTHING THE DELIVERY OF CRITICAL
U.S.-ORIGIN EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLANT AND NOTED THAT AS A
RESULT, JBC FACILITY CONSTRUCTION IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT JBC WILL
USE REF A EQUIPMENT IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF
EXPORT LICENSES D262962 AND D293119, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
GIVEN THE SIZE AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS UNIQUE JOINT VENTURE,
WE APPRECIATE USDOC'S DEMONSTRATED EFFORTS TO SPEED THE
EXTRANCHECK PROCESS.

Gnehm