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Washington -- The Commerce Department today imposed a $10,000 civil penalty on Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. of Ashland, Mass., for allegedly attempting to export fire alarm control equipment to Iran through the United Arab Emirates, Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement F. Amanda DeBusk announced.
The Department alleged that in 1995 Kidde-Fenwal falsely represented in shipping documents the ultimate destination of the equipment as its own affiliate in the United Arab Emirates when it knew the goods were ultimately headed to Iran. The U.S. government maintains a comprehensive economic sanctions program against the government of Iran and prohibits virtually all commercial transactions involving U.S.-origin goods or U.S. persons, or both, with the government of Iran.
Kidde-Fenwal agreed to pay the penalty to settle the charges. The Department suspended $2,500 of the civil penalty for one year. It will then be waived as long as Kidde-Fenwal does not violate the Export Administration Regulations during the probation period.
The Department of Commerce, through its Bureau of Export Administration, administers and enforces export controls for reasons of national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation and short supply. Criminal penalties, as well as administrative sanctions, can be imposed for violations of the Regulations.
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.