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Cross-Border Cases
Practice review: a lapse in dual-use export licensing
A seemingly ordinary product with dual-use technology may need an export license; a lapse is serious.
A typical scenario: a company exports a seemingly ordinary product that contains dual-use technology, ships without the necessary license, and faces penalties.
Classifying dual-use items needs technical and legal judgment, and borderline products are easily overlooked.
The lesson: run export-control classification on products, screen target market and end-use, and embed license assessment in sales and shipping.