Identifier | Created | Classification | Origin |
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09MOSCOW111 | 2009-01-20 12:44:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Moscow |
VZCZCXYZ0005 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHMO #0111 0201244 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 201244Z JAN 09 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1542 RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC |
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000111 |
1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business with in cooperation with Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau (UIMDB), Krymov St., 10A, Ulyanovsk, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of one monitor automatic data processing, navigation direction finding equipment, airborne communication equipment, aircraft inertial navigation systems. These items are controlled for anti-terrorism and regional stability reasons under ECCN 7A994. The licensee is Korry Electronics, 810 Dexter Ave., North Seattle, WA 98109. 3. On January 14, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification with UIMDB, Krymov St., 10A, Ulyanovsk, Russia. The export control team met with Nikolay Makarov, General Director, Viktor Budkevich, Head of business connections department and Viktor Kozhevnikov, Deputy General Director. The export control team was given a complete tour of the UIMDB facility and manufacturing plant. 4. Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau (UIMDB) was founded in 1954 as a State owned enterprise. In 1980 UIMDB began to specialize in electronic display units and warning systems for the avionic industry. In 1993 UIMDB became a subsidiary of Aviapribor of Moscow, Russia, a privately held joint stock holding company. UIMDB still specializes in electronic display units for the aviation industry with a small department involved in producing electronics for Hydro Turbine plants. UIMDB has five divisions within their operational structure; an aircraft management systems division; an air data measuring equipment & electrical engineering division; an avionics and IMS components division; a hydro turbine management systems and power station division; and a helicopter information control systems division. 5. UIMDB is located within a secure guarded facility that requires identification card access. Viktor Budkevich, Head of business connections department and Viktor Kozhevnikov, Deputy General Director toured the facility with the export control team, where the export control team was shown secure, locked locations within the facility where UIMDB stores the NLR items received from Korry Electronics before they are placed in electronic display units. 6. The subject commodity in reftel was already placed inside an electronic display unit and going through additional testing at the UIMDB facility prior to being sold commercially in the Russian market. UIMDB showed the export control team an inventory control file that detailed every movement of the subject commodity in reftel, from its purchase, its arrival in country and customs clearance, its testing at the facility, its placement in storage, to its placement in a display unit for testing. 7. Recommendations: Post recommends Nexel Enterprises Inc., doing business with in cooperation with Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau (UIMDB), Ulyanovsk, Russia as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/BBLECHER/PLISTON) RUBIN |