EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 003236 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/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: MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF TATARSTAN REPUBLIC, KAZAN, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. NLR REFTEL: USDOC 04194 ¶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, Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of One Thermotracer model TH9100SL with standard infrared camera model TH7700, and other measuring or checking instruments. ECCN 0X000. Controlled by the Department of Export Administration. The exporter is Mikron Infrared Incorporated, 16 Thornton Road, Oakland, NJ ¶07436. ¶3. On October 31, 2008, Export Control Attach Peter Liston conducted the requested post-shipment verification with the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia. The export control officer met with Farida Fatykhovna Yarkayeva, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Health, and Vladimir Alexandrovich Trifonov, Deputy Head, Territorial Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan. ¶4. The Ministry of Health of the Tatarstan Republic advised the reporting ECO that they purchased the two Mikron infrared thermotracers, model TH9100Sl for use at the Kazan airport. The cameras will be used to detect variations in the body temperature of arriving and transiting passengers, especially during the Muslim pilgrimage travel to Mecca. The ministry stated that only one camera is in operation at the airport that this time and the other one is stored as a back-up and is locked in the office of the Federal Service for Surveillance. ECO Liston was shown this camera and noted the serial number as: 6031153. ECO Liston was then escorted to the international arrival terminal at the Kazan airport where the operational thermotracer is in use. ECO Liston observed the operation of the camera by Ministry of Health personnel and noted the serial number of the camera as: 6031145. ECO Liston was advised that when the operational thermotracer is not in use it is locked and stored within the Ministry of Health's office at the airport. ¶5. ECO Liston advises that the subject commodity is located at the consignee's facilities. The entire shipment is accounted for. The equipment is being used for the end-use for which it was licensed. There are no indications of impropriety. ¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE