Export Licensing: Number of Applications Reviewed by the Defense Department
Abstract
This report responds to your letter of February 9, 1988, requesting that we review the Department of Defense's (DOD'S) Defense Technology Security Administration's role in export licensing of militarily significant commercial products, and compare it with that of the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration and provide information on each agency's budget, staffing, and licensing volume. As agreed with your office, this is an interim report providing data on the volume of export license applications involving such products reviewed by DOD, It does not include information on the number of export licenses for munitions items reviewed by DOD in support of the Department of State's munitions licensing. We plan to provide a more in-depth report at a later date. The U.S. government has controlled the export of militarily significant commercial or dual-use products since 1949 by licensing the export of controlled products to almost all destinations. Under authority of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended in 1985, the Department of Commerce administers the control system and issues export licenses. The Act also authorizes DOD to review certain export licenses for dual-use products. Through the end of 1984, DOD reviewed export license applications to the Soviet bloc and the People's Republic of China, primarily for such high technology products as computers and components, integrated circuits, machine tools, equipment for manufacturing electronic equipment, and electronic calibrating and testing equipment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- AD1149644
Entities
People
- Allan I. Mendelowitz
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office