Midway Arms Inc. Settles Charges of Illegal Exports
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on September 30, 2004 that Midway Arms, Inc. (doing business as Midway USA), a Columbia, Missouri-based distributor of shooting and reloading supplies and equipment, agreed to pay a $222,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it exported firearm scopes and mounts in violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). BIS agreed to suspend $88,800 of the penalty for a period of one year and thereafter waive that amount contingent upon Midway not committing further violations during the suspension period.
BIS charged that, on 275 occasions between April 1999 and July 2001, Midway exported firearm scopes and mounts to Canada without the required export licenses. BIS also charged that, on 93 occasions between May 1999 and September 2002, Midway exported firearm scopes and mounts to Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Finland, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay without the required export licenses.
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