BIS renews order temporarily denying export privileges

China proposes export ban on perovskite and tandem solar manufacturing technology

China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology proposed on Oct. 16, under Joint Announcement No. 48 of 2026, adding 12 photovoltaic technologies to the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export, covering perovskite-silicon tandem cell processes for wafers of at least 182 mm and efficiencies of 30% or higher, slot-die coating at widths of at least 1.1 meters, single-junction perovskite modules of at least 1 square meter at 18% or higher, and tandem modules of the same area at 28% or higher.

China proposes export ban on perovskite and tandem solar manufacturing technology

China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology proposed on Oct. 16, under Joint Announcement No. 48 of 2026, adding 12 photovoltaic technologies to the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export, covering perovskite-silicon tandem cell processes for wafers of at least 182 mm and efficiencies of 30% or higher, slot-die coating at widths of at least 1.1 meters, and single-junction perovskite modules of at least 1 square meter at 18% or higher.

BIS renews temporary denial of export privileges for URAL Airlines JSC

BIS renewed for one year the temporary denial order against URAL Airlines JSC, Utrenniy Lane 1-g, Yekaterinburg, Russia 620025, first issued October 13, 2022 and last renewed September 30, 2025, finding Ural engaged in a pattern of repeated, ongoing apparent violations of the EAR. The order bars Ural and any person from participating in transactions involving items subject to the EAR, including exports, reexports and in-country transfers to or on behalf of Ural, except activity directly related to safety of flight and authorized by BIS under Section 764.3(a)(2).

BIS renews temporary denial of export privileges for PJSC Aeroflot

BIS renewed the temporary denial order against PJSC Aeroflot, 1 Arbat St., 119019, Moscow, Russia, for one year, finding that Aeroflot engaged in a pattern of repeated, ongoing and/or continuous apparent violations of the Export Administration Regulations. The order, first issued April 7, 2022 and most recently renewed September 16, 2025, bars Aeroflot and its successors, assigns, agents and employees from participating in any transaction involving items subject to the EAR, except activity directly related to safety of flight and authorized by BIS under Section 764.3(a)(2).

BIS renews temporary denial of export privileges for UTair Aviation JSC

BIS renewed for one year the temporary denial order issued against UTair Aviation JSC, Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, Tyumen Region, Russia 628012, finding that renewal is necessary in the public interest to prevent an imminent violation of the EAR because UTair has engaged in a pattern of repeated, ongoing and/or continuous apparent violations. The order, first issued April 7, 2022 and renewed on September 16, 2025, bars UTair and its successors, assigns, agents and employees from participating in any transaction involving items exported or to be exported from the United States that are subject to the EAR, except activity directly related to safety of flight and authorized by BIS under Section 764.3(a)(2).

BIS renews temporary denial of export privileges for Azur Air of Krasnoyarsk, Russia

BIS renewed for one year the temporary denial order issued against Azur Air, Office 29, Vzletnaya St. 57, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 660020, finding that renewal is necessary in the public interest to prevent an imminent violation of the Export Administration Regulations because Azur has engaged in a pattern of repeated, ongoing and/or continuous apparent violations of the EAR. The order bars Azur Air, its successors, assigns, agents and employees from participating in any transaction involving items exported or to be exported from the United States that are subject to the EAR, except activity directly related to safety of flight and authorized by BIS under Section 764.3(a)(2).

MOFCOM tightens export controls on drone-related dual-use items to the United States

MOFCOM adds 14 EU entities to Export Control List over dual-use items

Global Affairs Canada issues Notice to Exporters No. 1159 on cloud storage of controlled technology

Global Affairs Canada's Notice to Exporters No. 1159 states that storing controlled technology in the cloud can constitute a transfer under the Export and Import Permits Act, requiring an export permit, where there is a reasonable possibility that a person outside Canada could examine the technology. GAC interprets a transfer as occurring when controlled technology is sent from Canada and stored abroad in a way that creates more than a remote possibility of foreign access, including through decryption keys or access rights. Safeguards consistent with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security's Guidance on cloud security assessment and authorization will generally mean no permit is required.

Canada amends Export Control List to add five controls on quantum computing and advanced semiconductors

Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to exporters No. 1129 that an Order Amending the Export Control List, approved on May 31, 2024, adds five new controls under Item 5506 covering quantum computers able to process quantum information in 34 or more physical qubits, circuits and devices specially designed for them, CryoCMOS integrated circuits operating at 4.5 Kelvin or below, technology for semiconductor devices using GAAFET structures, equipment for isotropic and anisotropic dry etching, and advanced Scanning Electron Microscope equipment. As of July 20, 2024, a permit is required to export these items from Canada, except to the United States.

Canada amends GEP-41 to bar dual-use exports for long-range rockets and UAVs

Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to Exporters No. 194 that, effective September 1, 2023, General Export Permit No. 41 (GEP-41) was amended to add a category to the "unauthorized goods and technology" list under paragraph 3(2)(e), prohibiting its use for the export or transfer of goods or technology intended for the development, production or use of rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles with a range of 300 km or greater. GEP-41 continues to cover most goods and technology in Group 1 and ECL item 5504 to the 32 eligible destinations listed in the permit, which include Australia, Japan, South Korea, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Canada stops new export and brokering permits for controlled goods to Russia

Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to Importers and Exporters Serial 1071 that, effective immediately, Canada will stop issuing new permits for the export and brokering of controlled goods and technology to Russia, and that valid permits held by exporters for such exports or brokering prior to February 24, 2022 are immediately cancelled. Only permits and applications related to specific end-uses such as medical supply and humanitarian needs may be considered for exception, on a case-by-case basis. Global Affairs Canada says it will continue to monitor the situation and may reassess the decision.