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What U.S. Companies Need to Know About Deemed Exports
A deemed export is when sharing knowledge with a foreigner inside the U.S. counts legally as exporting that knowledge to their country. Normally an export means physically sending something out of the U.S. to another country. A deemed export is different. It happens inside the U.S. The moment you share controlled technology or technical knowledge
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BIS Antiboycott – Simple Breakdown
The BIS Antiboycott framework prohibits U.S. persons from cooperating with foreign boycotts against U.S.-friendly countries (primarily Israel), requires them to report any such requests received, and publishes a list of parties known to have made such requests as a compliance alert tool. The Core Problem It Addresses Some countries (Arab League members) maintain a boycott
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GAER: Exporting Imported SCOMET Items After Repair in India
Source: Handbook of Procedures 2023, Chapter 10, DGFT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, updated 05 June 2025. Para 10.12(D). The Problem This Blog Answers Your Indian company imports SCOMET items from a foreign entity for repair at your facility in India. Once repaired, the items need to go back to the foreign
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GAICT: Intra-Company Transfers of SCOMET Items Without Repeated Licensing
Source: Handbook of Procedures 2023, Chapter 10, DGFT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, updated 05 June 2025. Para 10.15. The Problem This Blog Answers Your Indian company regularly transfers SCOMET items, software, or technology to your foreign subsidiary or parent company as part of ongoing design, development, testing, or delivery work. Every
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General Authorisations under India’s SCOMET Framework
What Are General Authorisations and Why Do They Exist? Source: Handbook of Procedures 2023, Chapter 10, DGFT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, updated 05 June 2025. Paras 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06. The Problem This Blog Answers You manufacture or trade in a controlled item. Every time you want to export
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India Defence Export Controls: The Complete DDP NOC Process Explained
Section 1 ) The Basic Rule – Do You Need a NOC? If you are exporting anything that qualifies as a military store from India, whether you are a private manufacturer, a PSU, or a trading entity, you need a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence, before
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What is SCOMET and Why Does It Matter?
What Are Strategic Trade Controls? Strategic Trade Controls (STC) are laws and regulations that govern the management of the flow of dual-use goods, services, and technologies across national borders. These laws and regulations primarily focus on controlling the export of such items in order to balance a country’s commercial and security considerations. The term “dual-use”
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Demurrage in Shipping: What It Is, Where It Applies, and Why It Costs More Than You Think
Most people who have been in shipping for years still use the word demurrage incorrectly. They use it for one specific situation in their part of the industry and assume that is the whole picture. It is not. Demurrage exists across multiple areas of shipping and each one operates under a completely different legal framework,
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The Bill of Lading is Still a Piece of Paper in 2026. That Should Terrify You.
The Bill of Lading is Still a Piece of Paper in 2026. That Should Terrify You. Every major industry has digitised its most critical documents. Banking moved to electronic transfers decades ago. Aviation ticketing went paperless in 2008. Land registry in most countries is now fully digital. Yet international shipping, an industry that moves over
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Carriers, Freight Forwarders and NVOCCs: Who Is Who in Shipping
Most people outside shipping hear these three terms and nod like they understand. They do not. And honestly, even people inside the industry mix them up more than they should. So let me break it down simply, the way I wish someone had explained it to me early in my career. The Carrier: The Guy