DDTC Waiver for Personal Protective Equipment Now Expired, CBP Says

A Directorate of Defense Trade Controls waiver allowing for the return of Personal Protective Equipment when the equipment wasn't properly declared at the time export expired in March, CBP's Port of New York/Newark Director Adele Fasano said in a May 21 notice. The DDTC waiver, issued March 10, 2014, allowed for uniformed military personnel to reimport one set of body armor, one helmet, or one chemical protective gear, including one additional filter canister, CBP said. Effective immediately, all PPE gear "must be declared, citing the appropriate license or license exemption, via the Electronic Export Information in the Automated Export System (AES) at the time of export" and ACE at the time of import, CBP said. Shipments of PPE "that are identified as not having been properly declared at the time of export or at the time of re-importation, will be detained and referred to DDTC to determine if a violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations has occurred," the agency said.