EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001473 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/DMUSLU 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: ELCUS ELECTRONIC COMPANY, ST.PETERSBURG, 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, Elcus Electronic Company, St. Petersburg, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of integrated circuits. ECCN EAR99, 4A994. The exporter is Data Device Corporation, 105 Wilbur Place, Bohemia, NY 11716. ¶3. On May 14, 2008, Export Control Attache Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification with Elcus Electronic Company, St. Petersburg, Russia. The export control team met with Sergey Khvosch, General Director and Yury Savchuk, Chief Engineer. ¶4. Elcus Electronic Company was founded in 1993 by Sergey Khvosch. Khvosch had been conducting research on Integrated Circuit Boards while part of the Russian University system and wrote and published the first Russian language book on the subject. Elcus Electronics Company is located in a secure facility with 24 hour manned and electronically monitored security. Khvosch had begun DBA Elcus prior to 1993 while still employed at the University, and only established it as a private company upon leaving. Elcus Electronic Company employees 100 people, mostly technicians and engineers, and manufactures all aspects of integrated circuit boards. The Export Control Team was provided complete access to the facility and was able to see and observe the manufacturing processes. ¶5. The subject commodities in reftel were manufactured into circuit boards for long time Elcus Electronic Company customer, UKBP - Ulyaganovskoe Construction Equipment Bureau. UKBP produces avionics and navigational equipment for civilian use only. Elcus Electronics Company provided the export Control Team with proprietary customer documentation attesting to the sale of the commodities in reftel to UKBP for visual inspection. ¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends Elcus Electronic Company, St. Petersburg, Russia as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/ SBOZEK/PLISTON) RUSSELL