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WASHINGTON -- The Commerce Department today imposed a $12,000 civil penalty on Phoenix International Freight Services, Ltd., a Wood Dale, Illinois, freight forwarder, for three alleged violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Act and Regulations, F. Amanda DeBusk, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, announced.
The Department alleged that on one occasion in 1993, in connection with an export to Kuwait, Phoenix International furnished one item of information about the blacklist status of a shipping vessel, and that in 1994, in connection with an export to Dubai, U.A.E., Phoenix International furnished one item of information about another company's business relationships with Israel. The Department also alleged that Phoenix International failed to report its receipt of boycott requests in one letter of credit that related to the 1993 Kuwaiti export.
While neither admitting nor denying the alleged antiboycott violations, Phoenix International agreed to pay the civil penalty to settle the case.
The antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Act and Regulations apply to foreign boycotts fostered or imposed against a country which is friendly to the United States and which is not itself the object of any form of boycott pursuant to United States law or regulation.
The antiboycott provisions prohibit United States individuals and companies from furnishing information about any person's business relationships with or in a boycotted country, or with individuals and companies believed to be restricted from doing business with or in one or more countries that participate in the Arab boycott of Israel. U.S. companies and individuals are also required to report to the Department each boycott-related request they receive.
In April of 2002 the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) changed its name to the Bureau of Industry and Security(BIS). For historical purposes we have not changed the references to BXA in the legacy documents found in the Archived Press and Public Information.