The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added Cambodia to: (1) The list of countries subject to the licensing policy in § 742.4(b)(7), (2) the list of countries subject to military end use and end user controls in § 744.21, (3) the list of countries subject to military intelligence end use and end user controls in § 744.22, and (4) the list of countries subject to a U.S. arms embargo under Country Group D:5. This rule is effective December 9, 2021.
The Department of State has added Cambodia to its list of Proscribed Countries. The policy of denial applies to licenses or other approvals for exports and imports of defense articles and defense services destined for or originating in Cambodia, with exceptions related to conventional weapons destruction and humanitarian demining activities. This action also precludes the use of exemptions from licensing or other approval requirements as described in section 126.1.
You can review the regulations in their entirety at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-12-09/pdf/2021-26590.pdf , and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-12-09/pdf/2021-26633.pdf
Your Export Policies and Procedures should be updated to add Cambodia to restrictions which are currently only applicable to Burma, China, Russia, and Venezuela.
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