POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ

UNCLAS ALMATY 002099

SIPDIS


USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MARY CORSEY/ORESTES THEOCHARIDES
USDOC FOR 3133/FCS/OIO/EUR/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR: 4231/ITA/MAC/OEERIS/RISD/DSTARKS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
SUBJECT: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ
LTD. EXPORT LICENCES NUMBERS D318838 & D302823

REFTELS: USDOC 2165, USDOC 2166


1. PLEASE NOTE THAT KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD. MADE PURCHASES
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY FROM ONE US SUPPLIER, LEUPOLD AND
STEVENS, INC, WHICH RECEIVED TWO EXPORT LICENCES, NUMBERS
D318838 & D302823. YOUR CABLES (REF ABOVE) REQUESTED TWO
DIFFERENT PSV'S ON THE SAME END-USER, FOR THE SAME PRODUCT
FROM THIS ONE US COMPANY, LEUPOLD AND STEVENS, INC.
THEREFORE, ONE PSV WAS CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTING
CABLES USDOC 2165 AND 2166.


2. CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND
INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PSV AT THE
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD, FACILITY ON MAY 31, 2005, AS
REQUESTED IN REFTELS USDOC 2165 AND 2166. THIS PSV WAS
CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF RIFLESCOPES,
ASSESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS USED BY HUNTERS. SHIPMENT OF
THESE PRODUCTS WAS MADE UNDER EXPORT LICENSE NUMBERS D318838
& D302823, RECEIVED BY LEUPOLD AND STEVENS, INC., 14400 NW
GREENBRIER OARKWAY, BEAVERTON, OR 97006.


3. TO CONDUCT THIS POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK, THE SCO
AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST VISITED THE FACILITIES OF
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD, IN ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, AND MET WITH
MR. VLADISLAV E. BEME, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.


4. POST WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE VISIT WITHOUT DELAY FROM
THIS COMPANY, AND THE SCO AND MS. CHUKREYEVA EXPERIENCED NO
RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF MR. BEME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
CONCERNING THIS PSV CHECK. THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED ON
KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD PREMISES. THE RIFLESCOPES,
ASSESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS IN SIGHT AND VIEWED BY THE PSV
TEAM, AND THEY VERIFIED THE NAME AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE
ITEM BY THE DESCRIPTION LISTED ON THE LICENSE. DURING THEIR
VISIT, THE PSV CHECK TEAM EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMPLYING WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LICENSES AS WELL
AS THE RIDERS AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE LICENSE.


5. RECOMMENDATION: ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THIS TECHNOLGY
HAS BEEN USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE EXPORT
LICENSE AND THAT THE KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD. COMPANY CAN BE
CONSIDERED A RELIABLE RECIPIENT OF SENSITIVE U.S.
TECHNOLOGY.

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