BIS And DDTC Revise Export Controls For Cambodia

On December 9, 2021, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it was amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to apply more restrictive treatment to exports and reexports to, and transfers within, Cambodia of items subject to the EAR.  BIS stated that it is taking this action "to address recent actions by the Government of Cambodia that are contrary to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, " which include increasing Chinese military influence in the country as well as growing corruption and human rights abuses.

In the final rule published by BIS, the Country Group designation for Cambodia has been modified to reflect the country's identification by the State Department as subject to a United States arms embargo with a designation under Country Group D:5.  Cambodia has also been added to the list of countries subject to military end use and end user controls and