“The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today published a new set of ‘best practices,’ developed in cooperation with U.S. industry, to help guard against the diversion of dual-use items shipped to a transshipment ‘hub,’ or to any intermediate country before being shipped to the country of ultimate destination. Transshipment is a routine and growing part of legitimate world trade with logistical benefits, but also can be used illegally to disguise the actual country of ultimate destination. Transshipment practices may also create a risk that items are diverted to unauthorized end-users or end-uses.”
Press Release
Published 08-31-2011
