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September 18th

U.S. expands entity list to counter military support and trade diversion

Date of publication: September 18, 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 32 entities to the Entity List under the destinations of China (23), India (1), Iran (1), Singapore (1), Taiwan (1), Turkey (3), and the United Arab Emirates (2).
These entities were determined to be acting contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests. The action also revises one entity entry by removing two addresses under Russia and corrects typographical errors in 27 existing entries across Belarus (3), China (11), Iran (1), Pakistan (1), Russia (9), and Turkey (2).
This expansion, the first since March 2025, targets entities facilitating China’s military modernization, diverting controlled U.S.- origin goods to Russia’s military, and enabling sensitive trade flows to Iran.
Key targets include:
  • Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
     and its subsidiary
    Sino IC Technology Co., Ltd.
     (China), subjected to additional restrictions under the Foreign Direct Product Rule for producing advanced chips and supplying technology to Russian military end-users.
  • National Time Service Center
     (China), added for acquiring U.S.- origin items to advance China’s military and defense-related space and quantum technology capabilities.
  • Aerospace Information Research Institute
     (China), listed for its ties to China’s High Altitude Balloon program.
  • EB Teknoloji
     and
    Atempo
     (Turkey), noted for diverting U.S.-origin electronic components, including those recovered from Russian weapons on battlefields, to Russian entities without BIS authorization.
Placement on the Entity List, now covering over 3,400 entities, restricts these parties from receiving certain U.S.- origin goods, services, and technologies without a BIS license.

Conclusion

This action underscores BIS’s commitment to curbing the flow of sensitive U.S. technologies to adversarial military programs and illicit trade networks.
Businesses should review their supply chains and compliance measures to ensure adherence to the updated EAR and Entity List restrictions.
These changes have been updated in ONESOURCE Global Trade Content.
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