EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIAGRAM STANDARD

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001197

STATE FOR PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/D.FARROW
DHS FOR ICE/STRATEGIC

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC AE

SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIAGRAM STANDARD
GENERAL TRADING LLC

REFS: USDOC 06317
USDOC 06318
USDOC 06319
USDOC 06320
USDOC 06321
USDOC 06322
USDOC 06323
USDOC 06324
USODC 06325


1. Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications
at Diagram Standard General Trading LLC, Dubai, UAE for several
shipments of laptop computers exported as no license required by
Sunrise Technology and Trading Corp., New Hyde Park, NY.


2. On 15 Oct 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Nasir Khan and
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Attache Bruce
Swartley met with Mr. Mostafa Edalat Khah, Managing Director,
Diagram Standard General Trading at their Bur Dubai offices. Khah
explained that Diagram General is a wholesale computer trading
company (www.diagramstandard.com) and as such they only sell to
local business in Dubai. He was well aware of U.S. export control
restrictions and explained that it is nearly impossible for him to
track U.S. origin items once it is sold to retail trading companies
in Dubai. Khah readily provided invoices for all shipments and also
provided the following customer listing associated with the
shipments of interest: Mohammad Mirza Electronics, Wise Electronics,
Vibrant Technology, Al Hamoor LLC, Mansour Farah General Trading.
Khah went on to explain that he has been doing business with the
U.S. Exporter, Sunrise Technology and Trading since 2005 with the
first shipment started on Aug 25, 2005 and the last on Oct 10, 2008.
He queried why the U.S. government was so interested now, after all
this time.


3. In a subsequent email exchange, Khah also advised that he had
notified the Dubai Computer Traders Group, a sub-entity under the
Dubai Chamber of Commerce about this end use visit and invited ECO
to contact the group's Public Relations and Communications Secretary
for any further inquiries.


4. Post considers this PSV to be limited as we are unable to
establish with any level of certainty who exactly the ultimate end
users are beyond the Dubai based retail traders.

OLSON