My personal paradox when it comes to import export regulations, is that by the time I’ve familiarized myself enough to talk about things intelligently I’m so engrossed in the field that I assume everyone has the same knowledge base that I do. This comes into play on web sites like this where we start throwing […]

Posted on October 29th, 2007 by keeton
Filed under: ITAR | Comments Off on PMDTC Definitions for Beginners

So, you export military goods to another country huh? I’m sure you do everything by the rules yourself, but how many people do you have in your organzation? Does your secretary know what ITAR regulations are? What about your warehouse people? A common failure in many controlled export businesses is to forget to inform all […]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by keeton
Filed under: EAR, ITAR | 1 Comment »

The purpose of the United States Department of State and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC formerly PMDTC) is to regulate and protect the interests and security of the United States. This means that in order to ship items and technology overseas that may potentially jeopardize international security US companies must undergo a somewhat […]

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by keeton
Filed under: ITAR | 16 Comments »