Do you have a controlled product?

The United States imposes export controls to protect national security interests and promote foreign policy objectives. BIS’s Export Enforcement (EE) is responsible for the enforcement of the EAR. BIS works closely with U.S. embassies, foreign governments, industry, and trade associations to ensure that exports from the United States are secure. In accordance with the EAR, BIS officials conduct site visits, also known as End-Use Checks (EUCs), globally with end-users, consignees, and/or other parties to transactions involving items subject to the EAR, to verify compliance.

An EUC is an on-site verification of a party to a transaction to determine whether it is a reliable recipient of U.S. origin items. EUCs are conducted as part of BIS’s licensing process, as well as its compliance program, to determine if items were exported with BIS authorization or otherwise consistent with the EAR. Specifically, an EUC verifies the bona fides of recipient(s) of items subject to the EAR, to include:  confirming their legitimacy and reliability related to the end-use and end-user; monitoring their compliance with license conditions; and ensuring such items are used and/or re-exported or transferred (in-country) in accordance with the EAR.

BIS officials rely on EUCs to safeguard items subject to the EAR from diversion to unauthorized end uses/users. The verification of a foreign party’s reliability facilitates future trade, including pursuant to BIS license reviews. If BIS is unable to verify the reliability of the company, or is prevented from accomplishing an EUC, the company may receive, for example, more regulatory scrutiny during license reviews or be designated on BIS’s Unverified List or Entity List, as applicable.

EUCs are conducted by BIS Regional Export Control Officers located strategically around the world.

The Regional Export Control Officer for Turkey is located at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul and is responsible for conducting EUCs in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. 

For more information, please visit https://www.bis.doc.gov/ 

    Contact Information:

     Craig Phildius   

     Regional Export Control Officer                      

     U.S. Consulate General Istanbul

     T: +90 212 335 9049

     Email: craig.phildius@trade.gov