BIS Imposes $1,540,000 Penalty on South African Companies for Engaging in Unauthorized Export Transactions
In one of the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) largest recent civil enforcement penalty cases, Pro345 Distribution (Proprietary) Limited and ProChem (Proprietary), Limited, located in Gauteng, South Africa, have agreed to pay a fine of $1,540,000 to settle charges that the companies committed 220 violations of the Export Administration Regulations by reselling U.S.-origin potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide (classified as ECCN 1C350) to end-users in South Africa that did not appear on Department of Commerce export licenses. The charging letter and settlement agreement can be viewed at the following link.