Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MOSCOW318
2009-02-10 14:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
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UNCLAS MOSCOW 000318
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
KYIV FOR FCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
SCIENTIFIC-PRODUCTION FIRM VD, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR
REFTEL: USDOC 0237
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000318
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
KYIV FOR FCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
SCIENTIFIC-PRODUCTION FIRM VD, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR
REFTEL: USDOC 0237
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, Scientific-Production
Firm VD MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license
application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of three (3) ICS
integrated circuits and micro assemblies, production no. EX128-TQ64.
ECCN 3A001. These commodities are controlled for national security
(NS),missile technology (MT),nuclear non-proliferation (NP) and
anti-terrorism (AT)reasons. The exporter is Actel Corporation, 2061
Stierlin Ct., Mountain View, CA 94043.
3. On January 30, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES
Yuriy Prikhoko conducted the requested post-shipment verification
with the Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS, 29 Zhilyanska Street,
Kiev, Ukraine. The export control team met with Aleksay Velentik,
General Director.
4. The Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS (VD MAIS) was established
in 1993 as a distributor of electronic components for the local
market. VD MAIS has 200 employees working in 7 locations throughout
the Ukraine. VD MAIS is the number one distributor of electronic
components in Ukraine and had $37.7 million in revenue in 2007. VD
MAIS also publishes a monthly electronics information magazine
called QElectronic Components and SystemsQ. VD MAIS owns the 14,500
square foot building where their distribution headquarters in
located. They occupy 10,000 square feet and rent out the rest.
5. The commodities in reftel are part of their distribution supply.
VD MAIS produced an invoice for the export control team showing the
sale of the reftel commodity to a local merchant.
6. The export control team determined that the reftel commodity is
being used for the end use for which it was licensed. There are no
indications of impropriety and the consigneeQs answers were not
evasive.
7. Recommendations: Post recommends Scientific-Production Firm VD
MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin
commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON)
BEYRLE
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
KYIV FOR FCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
SCIENTIFIC-PRODUCTION FIRM VD, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR
REFTEL: USDOC 0237
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, Scientific-Production
Firm VD MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license
application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of three (3) ICS
integrated circuits and micro assemblies, production no. EX128-TQ64.
ECCN 3A001. These commodities are controlled for national security
(NS),missile technology (MT),nuclear non-proliferation (NP) and
anti-terrorism (AT)reasons. The exporter is Actel Corporation, 2061
Stierlin Ct., Mountain View, CA 94043.
3. On January 30, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES
Yuriy Prikhoko conducted the requested post-shipment verification
with the Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS, 29 Zhilyanska Street,
Kiev, Ukraine. The export control team met with Aleksay Velentik,
General Director.
4. The Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS (VD MAIS) was established
in 1993 as a distributor of electronic components for the local
market. VD MAIS has 200 employees working in 7 locations throughout
the Ukraine. VD MAIS is the number one distributor of electronic
components in Ukraine and had $37.7 million in revenue in 2007. VD
MAIS also publishes a monthly electronics information magazine
called QElectronic Components and SystemsQ. VD MAIS owns the 14,500
square foot building where their distribution headquarters in
located. They occupy 10,000 square feet and rent out the rest.
5. The commodities in reftel are part of their distribution supply.
VD MAIS produced an invoice for the export control team showing the
sale of the reftel commodity to a local merchant.
6. The export control team determined that the reftel commodity is
being used for the end use for which it was licensed. There are no
indications of impropriety and the consigneeQs answers were not
evasive.
7. Recommendations: Post recommends Scientific-Production Firm VD
MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin
commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON)
BEYRLE