Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06HONGKONG3671
2006-09-13 09:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Hong Kong
Cable title:  

EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

Tags:  BMGT BEXP HK ETTC 
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 130925Z SEP 06
FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8591
RHMFIUU/HQ BICE WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS HONG KONG 003671 

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LHINES/DFARROW
USDOC FOR 3132/FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR WILLIAM ZARIT
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETTC
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
EUROTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.

REF: A) STATE 079241
UNCLAS HONG KONG 003671

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LHINES/DFARROW
USDOC FOR 3132/FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR WILLIAM ZARIT
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETTC
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
EUROTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.

REF: A) STATE 079241

1.Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export
Administration Act.


2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the
Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS),Special Agent John McKenna
and Export Control Officer, Philip Ankel (ECO)
conducted a post shipment verification (PSV) at
Eurotech International Ltd. (Eurotech),Room 902B, 9/F
Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong. This PSV
concerned a KSR600M Inertia Spin Balance Instrument.
The item is valued at USD 210,000 and the ECCN is
listed as EAR99. The exporter is Space Electronics of
Berlin, CT. (Space Electronics).


3. Post met with great difficulty in attempting to
contact Eurotech to set up an appointment. The only
contact phone numbers provided by the exporter listed
telephone numbers that were all located within mainland
China. The purported representative of Eurotech in
mainland China stated that it would be impossible to
meet with a Eurotech representative in Hong Kong as
there are no Eurotech personnel located in Hong Kong
and there won't be any there for at least the next six
months.


4. Internet searches were also unable to locate any
listing for Eurotech within Hong Kong. Therefore, in
an effort to complete this PSV and determine the
reliability of Eurotech (Hong Kong) as a recipient of
US origin goods, SA McKenna visited the address listed
in the Shippers Export Declaration filed with the USG
on the part of Space Electronics LLC, Berlin, CT for
sale to Eurotech. That visit occurred on August 21,

2006. Located at this address, however, was a company
doing business as Linfield International Limited. In
addition, a review of the tenant directory revealed no
listing for Eurotech. Also, Eurotech does not appear
on the listing of tenants located on the ninth floor of
the building.


5. It is clear to this reporting agent that Eurotech
International Ltd. does not exist at the location
identified above.


6. Note: The bill of lading for this shipment lists
the forwarding agent for this shipment as Eurasing
Technology with a contact number in Beijing of 86-10-

62162066. That same phone number is listed as a
contact for Space Electronics (the exporter) in China,
under NA Far East Industrial Company. Further research
revealed that the contact number also corresponds to a
company collocated at the same address as NA Far East
Industrial Company, namely Eurasing Technology
Development Corp. (www.oyx.cn and
www.eurasing.com/oyx). That company's web site makes
reference to an additional corporate name, Eurasian New
Technology Development Ltd.


7. Given the information currently available to the ECO
and SA McKenna, the ECO recommends that this PSV be
categorized as unfavorable.

CUNNINGHAM