BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 032114 SIPDIS MEXICO CITY FOR FRANK PENIRIAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC MX SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050152211 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050152211 for the export of armor plating to Mexico. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Lack of documentation from proposed end-user Tum Transportistas and suspicions of stockpiling by foreign consignee Industrias Velmal SA de CV. Neither company has appeared on previous license requests, nor have the firms' bona fides been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate officials to determine if the proposed end-user, Tum Trasnportistas, ordered the steel armor plates, and if so, to confirm that the articles will be used for the purpose stated on the authorization request. PM/DTCC also requests that post make inquiries with foreign consignee Industrias Velmal SA de CV in order to determine if the company is engaged in the unauthorized stockpiling of United States Munitions List (USML) articles. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --Did Tum Transportistas order the exact type and quantity of items listed on this application? --What is the exact end-use for this USML item? --What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does Industrias Velmal SA de CV have a firm purchase order from proposed end-user Tum Transportistas? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, particularly those that prohibit the unauthorized stockpiling of U.S. defense articles? --Does the company understand the ITAR prohibitions against the unauthorized re-transfer and re-export of USML items? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050152211 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 60 Steel Armor Plates V 3/16"X96"X300" Weight Per plate 1531 LBS. 30 Steel Armor Plates V 1/4"X96"X300" Weight Per plate 2042 LBS. License Value: USD 240,720.00 SELLER: Astralloy Steel Products, Inc. 1550 Red Hollow Rd. Birmingham, AL 35215 POC is Alex R. Barron, Tel. 205-853-0300 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Industrias Velmal SA de CV Paso San Alejandro No. 112 Fraccionamiento San Carlos Metepec, Edo de Mexico C.P. 52159 Mexico POC is Carlos Rodriguez Velazquez, Tel. (55) 30-97-30-19 FOREIGN END-USER: Tum Transportistas Unidas Mexicanos Division Norte SA de CV Eucalipto No. 2 Fracc. Industrial Tabla Honda Tlanepantla, Edo. de Mexico C.P. 54126 Mexico POC is Osbaldo Bautista, No Tel. provided PURPOSE: The material is strictly used for armoring transportation trucks for the company Tum Transportistas Division Norte SA de CV. The plates will armor doors, back of seats and under the dashboard. In some cases it will also be installed on the roof and the floor of the truck. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application was the following document (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. 03232009-15 submitted by Industrias Vemal SA de CV on 23 March 2009, signed by General Manager, Carlos Rodriguez Velazques. ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. POC is Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: http://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON