EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATIONS A & B: FSUE FEA

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001259 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 VERIFICATIONS A & B: FSUE FEA RADIOEXPORT, MOSCOW, RUSSIA. REFTELS: REQUEST #4210001; DATED 4/09/2009 ¶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 foreign purchaser, FSUE FEA Radioexport, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license applications: NLR as the ultimate consignee of (PSV A) digital oscilloscopes instruments and apparatus with a recording device, (PSV B) digital oscilloscopes instruments and apparatus with a recording device, model no: WAVEPRO 7200. These items are controlled for nuclear non-proliferation and anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 3A292 and 3A992. The licensee is LeCroy Corporation, 700 Chestnut Ridge Road, Spring Valley, NY 109776. ¶3. On May 13, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification at the offices of FSUE FEA Radioexport, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Sergey Sobolev, Deputy General Director and Igor Streguchevsky, Deputy Director, Candidate of Science. ¶4. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Foreign Economic Associate (FEA) Radioexport was founded in 1966. FSUE FEA Radioexport is 100% government owned, has approximately 54 employees and was established to export Soviet manufactured televisions and radios. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union FSUE FEA Radioexport ceased all exports and now only imports electronic components, software, measuring and computing instruments, primarily from the United States. FSUE FEA RadioexportQs main customers are other state owned enterprises, ministries and research centers. ¶5. Sergey Sobolev, Deputy General Director of FSUA FEA Radioexport, stated that the subject commodity was purchased from LeCroy as stock for in-house testing and evaluation to assess its marketability in Russia. Sobolev advised the export control team that LeCroy measuring equipment is not well established on the Russian market. Of the 4 LeCroy oscilloscopes purchased by FSUE FEA Radioexport, three are out at a testing lab being evaluated and one was available to the export control team for inspection. The export control team was escorted to a secure storage facility at FSUE FEA Radioexport where one LeCroy oscilloscope, serial no. LCRY0612M23439, was stored. Sobolev advised the export control team that the other three LeCroy oscilloscopes will be made available for inspection at any time if requested. ¶6. The export control team found no indications of impropriety at FSUE FEA Radioexport. The consigneeQs answers were not evasive. It appears that the subject commodity is being used for which it was licensed. ¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends FSUE FEA Radioexport, Moscow, Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/BBLECHER/PLISTON) BEYRLE