EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 1)INSYS

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001039

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 1)INSYS
CORPORATION, MOSCOW 2)TORES, MOSCOW, RUSSIA.

REFTEL: REQUEST FORM #4210000


1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act.


2. Reftel requested post-shipment verifications to determine the
legitimacy and reliability of the end-users, Insys Corporation,
Moscow and Tores, Moscow, Russia.


3. Insys Corporation is listed on BIS license application: NLR as
the ultimate consignee of 30 gain block amplifiers, 11 integrated
circuits, DC-2.5hz V SP8T QSOP24 SMT PKG circuits, 292 integrated
circuits SP6T positive bias switches, 140 integrated circuits SP4T
positive bias switch DCQs, 10 integrated circuits SMT frequency
doublers, 10 SP8T switch nonreflective DCQs, 50 integrated circuits
prescaler electronic devices and components, 120 integrated circuits
prescaler DIV4 SOT26, electronic devices and components, 63
integrated circuits prescaler DIV2 SOT26, 10 integrated circuits
prescaler SIGE DIV4 electronic devices and components, 150
integrated circuits MSOP switches, 190 integrated circuits SPDT
switch DCQs. These items are controlled for national security,
anti-terrorism, missile technology and nuclear nonproliferation
reasons under ECCN 3A001. The licensee is Hittite Microwave
Corporation, 20 Alpha Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824.



4. Tores is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate
consignee of 20 LNA integrated circuits, 25 integrated circuit
switch GAAS MMIC, 20 integrated circuit digital attenuators, 300
integrated circuit SP4T switch DC unmounted, 50 integrated circuit
counter LPCC electronic devices and components, 50 integrated
circuit SMT double balanced mixers, 10 integrated circuit digital
phase detector electronic devices and components, 10 integrated
circuit SPDT switch DC, 10 integrated circuit MSOP SPDT switch DC,
and 10 integrated circuit SMT double-balanced mixers. These items
are controlled for national security, anti-terrorism, missile
technology and nuclear nonproliferation reasons under ECCN 3A001.
The licensee is Hittite Microwave Corporation, 20 Alpha Road,
Chelmsford, MA 01824.


5. On April 4, 2009 Moscow Export Control Assistant LES Natalya
Shipitsina spoke with Tores Sales Manager and point of contact (POC)
Mikhail Bogdanov and requested a meeting to conduct the requested
end use check. LES Natalya Shipitsina advised Bogdanov that the
reftel commodity is subject to end use verification by the
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Bogdanov refused to meet with the Moscow export control team,
stating that the reftel commodity was bought for a pilot project,
which due to the financial crisis did not go further. Bogdanov also
stated that Tores is located in a restricted access area. LES
Natalya Shipitsina offered to host the end use check meeting at the
BIS office, to which Bogdanov refused.


6. On April 9, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES
Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment
verification at the offices of Insys Corporation, Varshavskoe
Shosse, Blvd.125, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with
Ruslan Zubarev, General Director.


7. Insys Corporation is a closed joint stock company established
more than 20 years ago by three engineers. The company has 60
employees. The company originally established themselves in the
field of developing tools for micro processors. Insys Corporation
now specializes in digital signal processing models, and is one of
the leading companies in Russia in this field. Insys Corporation
sells their products only in the commercial market in Russia. In
addition to the reftel commodities, Insys Corporation has been
importing similar commodities from Texas Instruments and Analog
Devices for years. Insys Corporation was the subject of previous
positive BIS end use check in 1996.


8. The export control team found no indications of impropriety
during the end use check at Insys Corporation. Ruslan Zubarev
answers were not evasive. The Moscow export control team was
allowed full access to Insys Corporation facilities and found it to
be a full functioning business producing products for which the
reftel commodity was licensed.


9. Recommendations: Post recommends Insys Corporation, Moscow,
Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin
commodities. Post does NOT/NOT recommend Tores as a reliable
recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON)
RUBIN