MACEDONIAN FIRM APPLIES TO EXPORT MTCR-CONTROLLED

S E C R E T SKOPJE 000888 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/MTR J. HERRMANN AND EUR E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2032 TAGS: PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MK SUBJECT: MACEDONIAN FIRM APPLIES TO EXPORT MTCR-CONTROLLED FILAMENT WINDING MACHINE TO CHINA Classified By: POL/ECON OFFICER M.LATHAM, 1.4 (B),(D) AND (H) ¶1. (S) The GOM received an application from the Macedonian firm, Mikrosam, to export an MTCR-controlled filament winding machine to a Chinese company, and has requested our opinion on the potential export. On November 7, Ministry of Economy State Counselor for Trade, Krum Efremov, told econoff that the GOM had received an export license application from Mikrosam for the export of a CNC Filament Winding Machine (Type MAW20HMS4/2). The GOM had received an end-user certificate from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. According to the certificate, the filament winding machine would be exported to Wave Cyber Co. Ltd. of Shanghai, China to be used for "manufacture of water treatment components." ¶2. (S) Post requests guidance on whether we should provide the GOM with an opinion on the sale. Efremov said that if the USG has an opinion regarding the sale, we should provide it to the GOM within the next two-to-three weeks because the GOM legally has a limited time period for reviewing export license applications. MILOVANOVIC