EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IT-

UNCLAS MOSCOW 005753 SIPDIS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: IT- DIAGNOSTICA, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. NLR ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, IT-Diagnostica, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of a photon block 29HZ camera system and accessories. ECCN 6A993. The exporter is FLIR Systems Indigo Operations, 70 Castilian Drive, Goleta, CA ¶93117. ¶3. On November 9, 2007, Export Control Attache Peter Liston and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification with PERGRAM Industrial Equipment & Engineering (PERGRAM),who was in fact the ultimate consignee. IT-Diagnostica, Moscow, Russia was the intermediate consignee for this transaction. The export control team met with Dmitry Karneev, Division Manager for PERGRAM. ¶4. PERGRAM Division Manager Dmitry Karneev advised ECO Liston that PERGRAM is the FLIR Systems representative company in Russia. Karneev indicated that he met FLIR Systems at a trade show in Moscow earlier this year and attended a sales meeting with FLIR in Santa Barbara, CA. According to Karneev, IT Diagnostica handled the shipment of the photon block 29HZ camera system and accessories from the United State to Russia, at which time it was delivered to PERGRAM. Karneev stated that PERGRAM has worked with IT Diagnostica on several shipments in the past, however they now utilize Polar Logistic and no longer use the services or IT Diagnostica. ¶5. Karneev provided ECO Liston access to the sales file of the photon block 29HZ camera system and accessories, which indicted that PERGRAM sold it to NII Mashinostroeniya (Scientific Institute of Machine Building),Moscow, Russia on December 15, 2006. ¶6. Recommendations: Post did not meet with IT- Diagnostica, Moscow, Russia. Post recommends PERGRAM as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/RLISTON) BURNS