Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HONGKONG933
2009-05-21 09:09:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Hong Kong
Cable title:
EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: A&P INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
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UNCLAS HONG KONG 000933
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/ADYSON
USDOC FOR 3132 FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR PATRICK SANTILLO
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: A&P INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
REF: A) BIS e-mail request dated May 6, 2009 B) HK 01663, (2007) C)
HK 00150 (2007)
UNCLAS HONG KONG 000933
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/ADYSON
USDOC FOR 3132 FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR PATRICK SANTILLO
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: A&P INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
REF: A) BIS e-mail request dated May 6, 2009 B) HK 01663, (2007) C)
HK 00150 (2007)
1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act.
2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of
Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO),
accompanied by Commercial Assistant Carrie Chan, conducted a post
shipment verification (PSV) at A&P Instrument Co. Ltd. (A&P),Unit
1, Kam Hon Industrial Building, 8 Wang Kwun Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong
Kong. The items in question are two centrifugal pumps classified
under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 2B350 and the
subject of BIS license application D416901. The license applicant is
Cole-Parmer Instrument Company of Vernon Hills, Illinois.
3. A review of the Hong Kong Companies Registry reveals that the
A&P's main corporate information has not changed since the EUCs
referenced in reftels B and C.
4. The ECO visited A&P at the address referenced above on May 15,
2009 and met with Mr. Andy Wu, Senior Manager. Mr. Wu provided
documentation confirming that the Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology had ordered the items (as well as a number of
additional items). Commercial Assistant Carrie Chan subsequently
called the HKUST directly to confirm the order. S.W. Woo of the
University's Department of Mechanical Engineering confirmed the
order.
5. Mr. Wu is quite familiar with U.S. export/reexport controls
after having been visited twice before by ECO and after having
attended a BIS export controls event in 2008 in Hong Kong.
6. At the time visited, A&P appeared to be a suitable recipient of
U.S. origin controlled commodities (as reseller).
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/ADYSON
USDOC FOR 3132 FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR PATRICK SANTILLO
BICE FOR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: A&P INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
REF: A) BIS e-mail request dated May 6, 2009 B) HK 01663, (2007) C)
HK 00150 (2007)
1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act.
2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of
Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip Ankel (ECO),
accompanied by Commercial Assistant Carrie Chan, conducted a post
shipment verification (PSV) at A&P Instrument Co. Ltd. (A&P),Unit
1, Kam Hon Industrial Building, 8 Wang Kwun Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong
Kong. The items in question are two centrifugal pumps classified
under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 2B350 and the
subject of BIS license application D416901. The license applicant is
Cole-Parmer Instrument Company of Vernon Hills, Illinois.
3. A review of the Hong Kong Companies Registry reveals that the
A&P's main corporate information has not changed since the EUCs
referenced in reftels B and C.
4. The ECO visited A&P at the address referenced above on May 15,
2009 and met with Mr. Andy Wu, Senior Manager. Mr. Wu provided
documentation confirming that the Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology had ordered the items (as well as a number of
additional items). Commercial Assistant Carrie Chan subsequently
called the HKUST directly to confirm the order. S.W. Woo of the
University's Department of Mechanical Engineering confirmed the
order.
5. Mr. Wu is quite familiar with U.S. export/reexport controls
after having been visited twice before by ECO and after having
attended a BIS export controls event in 2008 in Hong Kong.
6. At the time visited, A&P appeared to be a suitable recipient of
U.S. origin controlled commodities (as reseller).