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