Export Control Officer (ECO) Program

BIS Export Control Officers (ECOs) play a unique and critical role in monitoring the compliance of transactions subject to BIS’s Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR parts 730-774) outside the United States to prevent and detect illicit diversion to unauthorized end uses, end users, or destinations. ECOs are BIS Special Agents who swear into the Department of Commerce’s Foreign Commercial Service under limited appointments. These overseas BIS representatives leverage their law enforcement, commercial and diplomatic skills to expand the U.S. government’s export compliance capabilities beyond its borders and into key overseas trade centers.

BIS currently has eleven ECO positions and an Export Control Analyst position in Ottawa, Canada. The ECOs have regional coverage and are based at the U.S. Embassies in Beijing, China (two officers); New Delhi, India; Helsinki, Finland, and Singapore; and at the U.S. Consulates in Hong Kong, China; Frankfurt, Germany (two officers); Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Istanbul, Turkey. BIS also maintains an ECO position at the American Institute of Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan.

ECOs are placed in strategic trade locations abroad so they may consistently and safely conduct End-Use Checks (EUCs), consistent with the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4820(a)(7)) and § 734.11 of the EAR. There are two types of EUCs: EUCs which are proactively targeted and conducted to check the bona fides of companies receiving items subject to the EAR before the Department of Commerce takes final action on a license application are called Pre-License Checks (PLC); EUCs which are conducted to confirm the lawful receipt and use of items subject to the EAR following the issuance of a license or export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) under a license exception or “no license required” are called Post-Shipment Verifications (PSV).

ECOs advance national security through outreach to foreign business communities, liaison with foreign government counterparts, and support to broader U.S. Government activities in their regions. The ECO can answer direct inquiries from industry and government representatives on export control issues pertinent to the region in which they are assigned. To assist exporters in understanding foreign import and export control requirements, ECOs have prepared general overviews of foreign trade control systems, including (as available) links to foreign control lists, licensing portals, and business registries for their specific areas of operation. This information can be accessed by clicking on the relevant ECO below.

For further information, please contact:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Information on trade controls in UAE, Israel and Malta

Regional Export Control Office
U.S. Consulate General, U.S. Commercial Service
PO Box 121777
Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: 971-4-309-4192
Cell: 971-50-667-9488
Fax: 971-4-309-4841
Work week: Sunday through Thursday

www.export.gov/unitedarbemirates

Beijing, China

Information on trade controls in China and South Korea
Regional Export Control Office
American Embassy, U.S. Commercial Service
No. 55 An Jia Lou Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100600
Tel: (86-10) 8531-4484/3301
Fax: (86-10) 8531-3330

www.export.gov/china

Frankfurt, Germany

Information on trade controls in EU member states and Switzerland

Regional Export Control Office
American Consulate General, U.S. Commercial Service
Giessener Strasse 30
60435 Frankfurt/Main
Tel: 49-69-7535-3120
Fax:49-(0)69-7535-3171

www.export.gov/germany

Hong Kong, China

Information on trade controls in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan

Regional Export Control Office
American Consulate General, U.S. Commercial Service
26 Garden Road, Central
Hong Kong (SAR)
Tel: (852) 2521-1467
Fax: (852) 2845-9800

Email: [email protected]

www.export.gov/hongkong

Istanbul, Turkey

Information on trade controls in Turkey

Regional Export Control Office
U.S. Consulate General, Foreign Commercial Service
Istinye Mah. Poligon Cad. No. 754 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
34460 Sariyer - Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 (212) 335 9049
Fax: +90 (212) 335 9077

www.export.gov/turkey

New Delhi, India

Information on trade controls in India and Pakistan

Regional Export Control Office
The American Center, U.S. Commercial Service
24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi 110 001
Tel: 91-11-2347 2000
Fax: 91-11-2331 5172

www.export.gov/india

Singapore

Information on trade controls in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia

Regional Export Control Office
American Embassy, U.S Commercial Service
27 Napier Road
Singapore 258508
Tel: (65) 6476-9037
Fax: (65) 6476-9080

www.export.gov/singapore

Countries not covered by an Export Control Office

Information on trade controls in Argentina, Brazil and Canada