BIS Adds Eighty-Two to Entity List
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BIS Adds Eighty-Two to Entity List
On March 28, 2025, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published two rules (90 FR 14032 and 90 FR 14046) adding eighty-two entries to the Entity List. The new additions are located in:
- People's Republic of China (China) (53)
- Iran (2)
- Pakistan (19)
- South Africa (3)
- Taiwan (1)
- United Arab Emirates (4)
The activities leading to these listings, frequently including acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items, are support of activities "contrary to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." These activities include:
- China's military modernization or military-civil fusion efforts
- Supercomputer projects for the Chinese government and/or military
- China's quantum technology capabilities
- China's hypersonic weapons program
- Chinese parties on the Entity List as well as defense-related Chinese entities
- Training of Chinese military forces using Western and NATO sources
- Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs and related defense items
- Pakistan's unsafeguarded nuclear activities
- Pakistan's ballistic missile program
The new rules also revised addresses and aliases for existing entries located in France, Iran, Senegal, and the United Kingdom.
BIS also issued a Press Release on the recent additions.
The Entity List, found at Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), restricts exports of U.S.-origin goods and technology to listed parties. For these additions, the restrictions create a license requirement with a presumption of denial for all exports, reexports, or transfers subject to the EAR. This includes items classified as EAR99 or other items that would otherwise be shipped No License Required, or NLR.