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who can help me to bying a scope? i need for payment&receive&ship to my forwarde
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rsjsouza:
Try to find the HTS or ECCN number for the oscilloscope you want and see if it is EAR99 (unrestricted). I suspect it will not be. You could probably ask the manufacturer, as your freight forwarder would need this information anyways.

About ten years ago Russia had ITAR restrictions, but I didn't keep up with this.

What myself and others are showing are simply the pitfalls and details of such transaction. I lived most of my life in a country where getting minimally decent test gear was a herculean task, thus I can sympathize with your plight.
ajb:

--- Quote from: Simon on December 06, 2020, 09:23:32 am ---Best way is you trust someone and pay them upfront
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In this case, it's even more important that the proxy buyer trust the OP, because it's the proxy buyer that is assuming legal liability for the export of the scope. 


--- Quote from: smaultre on December 07, 2020, 04:50:28 am ---Can you attach these document i need to explore if it is really prohibited. I think that's selling / shipping 1pcs used equip, no need any license.
And the licence needs for only a commercial batch of goods..
I do not want to break any laws, and this is for my clear understanding.
We have here in Russia, the trade mission of all distributors Lecroy, Tek, Agilent,... etc. Anyone can freely buy any scopes they made.
But the prices so high .. That's why, i search on Ebay.
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There's generally no exemption for selling a single used item versus a thousand new ones when it comes to export controls.  It's easier to fly under the radar, but it's not a defense if you get caught, even ignorance of the law won't save you.  Shipping companies WILL ask for the export classification and/or tariff codes anyway.  It also applies to ANYTHING that leaves the US, regardless of where it was made, so it can even be illegal to send an item back to the country where it was manufactured.  It seems stupid and annoying, and some of it IS definitely non-sensical (like the way ITAR handles cryptography), but it's also genuinely hard to write laws and regulations that effectively address the real security and economic issues without being a huge pain for everyone.

If you want to definitively determine the export status of the scope, you need to look at ITAR (which I have little experience with), but also the US Commerce Control List, which is here: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/regulations/export-administration-regulations-ear

Categories 3,4,5, and maybe even 6 could apply to the scope.  Even for a person with native english it can be challenging reading because the categories are complicated.  It's a lot of "if X but not Y and any of A, B, or D but not C" and can include some very finely-split hairs, so it can take a good hour to work through a single item for the first time.  That will get you an Export Control Classification Number that you will need for paperwork (you may also need an international uniform tariff code or other country-specific classifications), and from that you can determine which, if any, export controls apply to the item.  Then you need to look at the Commerce Country Chart to see if any of those export controls are in effect for the destination country.  Finally, you need to verify that the recipient is not subject to specific export controls based on a list maintained by the export administration, and you need to somehow assure that the recipient does not intend to re-export the item or transfer it to someone else who is subject to export controls.  So it's all complicated, and getting it wrong can result in stiff penalties as the settlement linked by bdunham7 shows.


--- Quote from: smaultre on December 07, 2020, 04:17:48 pm ---...  Engaging in Prohibited Conduct by Exporting Oscilloscopes to Pakistan Without the Required Licenses  :palm:

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FWIW Pakistan and Russia actually have similar US export controls.  Pakistan is subject to an extra Nuclear Proliferation control, and they have slightly different Crime Control export restrictions, but otherwise they have similar restrictions.
coppercone2:
there is also tension with Turkey right now relating to the S400 system and the F35 (they don't want them together with the same operator), some one could make a stupid move with starting a investigation because it seems vaguely related to something you would use for a radar and it involves Russia. And trump seems to be driving the legislative system insane right now for the next month. These regulations might get basically randomly scrutinized or are being scrutinized right now because of panic.

Do I like the stuff because of POI restrictions on spectrum analyzers? no.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/07/20/its-official-us-air-force-to-buy-turkish-f-35s/

Is this thing super outdated for EW? a definite yes.

Trump might have signed literary what ever at the end of the term.
smaultre:
bla-bla-bla- terrorist, isis, nuclear weapon... Turkish??  what a s????? on your heads? I only ask to help buy simple low cost scope. :palm:
I had a better opinion of yours guys, you ruined my impression. Take off the TV, from your heads..
Simon:

--- Quote from: smaultre on December 08, 2020, 12:10:10 pm ---bla-bla-bla- terrorist, isis, nuclear weapon... Turkish??  what a sheet on your heads? I only ask to help buy simple low cost scope. :palm:
I had a better opinion of yours guys, you ruined my impression.

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That response is the very reason no one wants to help. No one gives a shit what you want or what it will be used for bla bla bla, they give a shit about not accidentally exporting a prohibited item without permission as "ignorance of the law is no defense", you seem to ignore the real risk the partner will have to take or at least the headache of dealing with something that could have export complications.

Why don't you at least do your own homework and find out if you can import such an item?
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