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WASHINGTON -- Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement F. Amanda DeBusk today announced a $4,000 civil penalty on Best Power Technology Limited, a U.S. owned power supply manufacturer operating in England, for alleged violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations.
The Commerce Department alleged that, in two transactions involving sales to Jordan in 1993 and 1994, Sola (U.K.) Limited furnished information regarding another company’s business relationship with or in Israel, by certifying that the goods were not of Israeli origin, did not contain Israeli materials, and were not being exported from Israel. Furnishing such information is prohibited by the Regulations. Best Power Technology, the successor to Sola (U.K.), voluntarily disclosed the two violations, and while neither admitting nor denying the allegations, agreed to pay the civil penalty.
The antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Act and Regulations prohibit U.S. companies and individuals from complying with certain aspects of unsanctioned foreign boycotts maintained against any country friendly to the United States which is not itself the object of any form of U.S. sanctioned boycott. Through its Office of Antiboycott Compliance, the Commerce Department investigates alleged violations, provides support in administrative or criminal litigation of cases and prepares cases for settlement.
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.