BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Container Manufacturing Ltd.

The U.S. BIS settled an enforcement action against Container Manufacturing Ltd. (CML), an Ohio-based aluminum can-end tooling manufacturer, resolving ten violations of the Export Administration Regulations arising from unlicensed exports of EAR99 spare parts (HTS codes 8466.94, 8462.29, and 4016.93, valued at $264,721) to a Russian end user between March 2023 and March 2025, in violation of the license requirement under 15 C.F.R. § 746.8(a)(5) for items listed on Supplement No. 4 to Part 746 (Russian/Belarusian Industry Sector Sanctions List). Under the settlement, CML admitted the conduct and agreed to pay a $1,000,000 civil penalty within 30 days, with continued export privileges conditioned on timely payment, in light of CML's full cooperation and remedial measures including enhanced screening, transaction-review, and training controls.