NORTH POLE, December 19, 2014 – North Pole Industries, a leading global provider of toys for good little girls and boys, has implemented Amber Road’s Global Trade Management suite for its worldwide distribution network.

Before signing with Amber Road, NPI had been using a combination of spreadsheets, wish lists, and a whole team of research elves to plan its supply chain.

Wind River Systems, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, has agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty for unauthorized encryption exports. The Alameda, California, company was charged with selling encryption software products to foreign governments and organizations on the BIS Entity List, which requires specific license requirements to do business with those entities.

On November 10, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added names of specific entities subject to Executive Order 13611 to their Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Signed on May 16, 2012, E.O. 13611 declares a “national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and other individuals and entities that threaten Yemen’s peace, security, or stability.”

Last month, Leslie R. Caldwell (Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division) spoke at the 22nd annual Ethics and Compliance Conference. She discussed a variety of topics, but focused specifically on the importance of having a comprehensive compliance program in place for every organization.

She primarily focused her discussion on the implementation of a general corporate compliance program, but the same principles can be applied to an export compliance program. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to export compliance, the following should provide some guidelines to consider when deciding upon the appropriate program for your company.

Earlier this month, Amber Road broadcasted the final part of our Export Compliance Webinar Series, which focused on Shipment Screening and Documentation. Our presenters, Scott Lewis and Scott Parker (both of Amber Road), got several questions throughout the webinar but did not have time to address them all during the live broadcast. We have compiled their answers into a Q&A document – here is a preview:

According to the Bureau of Transportation, U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico rose for the fifth consecutive month in July of this year. From July 2013 to July 2014, the value of NAFTA increased from $7.9 billion to $10.1 billion.

Overall, freight increased in all modes of transportation by approximately 8%. The largest increases include:

• Pipeline traffic (up 10.8%)
• Rail freight (up 10%)
• Truck freight (up 8.5%)

Establishing an Export Compliance Program (ECP) can be a daunting task. Don’t worry, we can help! Join Amber Road for our complimentary export compliance webinar series. We will address the three key steps of building an ECP (Restricted Party Screening, Product Classification, and Shipment Screening & Documentation), and show you how Export On-Demand can help.

Last month, Amber Road broadcasted part two of our Export Compliance Webinar Series, which focused on Product Classification. Our presenters, Scott Lewis and Steve Keighley (both of Amber Road), got several questions throughout the webinar, but didn’t have time to answer them all during the live broadcast. We compiled their responses into a Q&A document - here is a sneak peek:

Last month, Amber Road broadcasted part one of our three-part Export Compliance Webinar Series, which focused on Restricted Party Screening. Our presenters, Scott Lewis and Scott Parker (both of Amber Road), got a lot of questions at the end of the webinar. Here are a few of their responses:

Commerzbank AG, the second-largest bank in Germany, is expected to pay $600-$800 million in fines as restitution to the U.S as a result of their dealings with Iran and other nations under U.S. sanctions. The U.S. started looking into Commerzbank back in 2010 and has since found that the bank took down identifying information from incoming wires in an attempt to hide anything that would raise questions.