St. Louis forwarder settles export violations

St. Louis forwarder settles export violations   The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said Ram International, a St. Louis-based freight forwarder, has agreed to pay a $40,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it committed two violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
  BIS alleges that on two occasions in 2006, Ram’s Elk Grove Village, Ill., office “aided and abetted” the unlicensed export of salvage scrap electrolytic tin plate steel to Allied Trading Company in Karachi, Pakistan, without the required BIS licenses. Allied is included on the Commerce Department’s Entity List which names certain foreign persons — including businesses, research institutions, government and private organizations, individuals, and other types of legal persons– that are subject to license requirements for the export, re-export and/or transfer in-country of specified items.