EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 002870 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMMES/L.RITTER 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: JSC NOVO, DUBKI STREET 6, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. NLR REFTEL: USDOC 05674 ¶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, JSC Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of Ten (10) 12 lead integrated circuits, three hundred (300) I.C. SP3T non-reflective SMT switch, one hundred (100) I.C. switch SPDT, fifty (50) voltage variable attenuator, NLR, and one hundred fifty (150) I.C. DIV 4 prescaler DC electronic devices and components. ECCN 3A001. Controlled for anti- terrorism (AT),nuclear non-proliferation (NP), missile technology (MT),and national security (NS) reasons. The exporter is Hittite Microwave Corporation, 20 Alpha Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824. ¶3. On September 25, 2008, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and ICE LES Sergey Kishkimsky conducted the requested post-shipment verification with JSC Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Vladimir Filippovsky, President, and Andrey Kaznin, Commercial Director. ¶4. JSC (Joint Stock Company) Novo was established circa 1992 and was founded by former Soviet officials of State owned institutions. JSC Novo is located in a stand-alone two-story office building that house their production facility, administrative offices and sales department. JSC Novo has 50 employees and manufactures police and security electronics such as detection equipment, x-ray, and metal detectors. JSC Novo attends international security and police trade shows as an exhibitor and has established an export branch within their sales department. ¶5. The Export Control Attach office provided a copy of the Commercial Invoice of the commodities for subject cable to JSC Novo one day before the PSV because Novo indicated that they do not believe that they had been in receipt of any commodities that would warrant the visit from the ECO. During the PSV visit to Novo, Vladimir Filippovsky explained to the ECO that he carefully reviewed the Commercial Invoice with his Commercial Director and did not find any line items that Novo purchased. Vladimir Filippovsky stated that JSC Novo has a long and respected history with the Intermediate Consignee Altex Co, and stated that it is possible that Altex made the purchase and stocked the line items in anticipation of orders from JSC Novo in the future. ¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends JSC Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE