Freight Forwarder Settles Allegation Of Antiboycott Violation
On
June 25, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
announced that Plane
Cargo Inc. (PCI), a freight forwarder located in
Houston, TX, has agreed to pay a $5,200 civil
penalty to settle allegations that it violated
the antiboycott provisions of the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR).
The announcement provided that:
The announcement provided that:
BIS, through its Office of Antiboycott Compliance, alleged that on one occasion in 2003, PCI, in connection with a transaction involving the sale and transfer of goods from the United States to Syria, furnished an invoice to a company in Syria that certified that the goods were not of Israeli origin in violation of the antiboycott provisions of the EAR. PCI cooperated fully with the investigation.