Export compliance

Servers, storage, networking equipment and their parts are controlled goods in many countries, mainly because they contain encryption. We ship from Canada and check every order against export control and sanctions laws before it leaves. Sometimes that means we ask for more information, need a permit or licence, or cannot ship.

Laws we follow

Canada (where we ship from)

• The Export and Import Permits Act and the Export Control List, administered by Global Affairs Canada. Group 1 of the list covers dual-use goods, including information security (encryption) items. Item 5400 covers many goods of U.S. origin when they are exported from Canada to countries other than the United States.
• The Area Control List, which requires a permit for any export to listed countries.
• Canadian sanctions under the Special Economic Measures Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and the United Nations Act, including the Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List.
• Export reporting to the Canada Border Services Agency where required, for example through the Canadian Export Reporting System for commercial exports above the reporting threshold or for permit-controlled goods.

United States

• The Export Administration Regulations (EAR), administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security. U.S. rules follow U.S.-origin items wherever they are, and can apply to foreign-made items with U.S. content. Many products we sell are U.S.-origin.
• U.S. economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Other countries

• UK and EU export and sanctions rules when a shipment is destined for, or passes through, those territories, and the import rules of your country.
• All shipments currently leave from Canada.

Encryption and classification

Most servers, storage systems, switches, routers and network adapters contain encryption. Many are classified as mass-market or as ECCN 5A992 under U.S. rules, and as decontrolled mass-market items under Canada's list, so they can ship to most destinations without a permit. Some higher-performance or specialized items, and some advanced computing items such as data center GPUs, have stricter controls that depend on the destination and end user. We check the classification of each part before it ships.

Restricted destinations, parties and end uses

• We do not ship to countries and regions under comprehensive sanctions, which currently include Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, so-called Donetsk People's Republic and so-called Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine. Exports to Russia and Belarus are heavily restricted. These lists change; the rules in force on the shipping date apply.
• We screen every customer, consignee and end user against Canadian, U.S., UK, EU and UN restricted-party lists. We cannot sell to listed persons or to companies they own or control.
• We do not supply products for nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, missiles that can deliver them, military end uses or end users where the law prohibits it, or any use that breaches sanctions.

What we may ask you for

• The final destination, the end user and the end use of the products.
• A signed end-use or end-user statement for some products or destinations.
• Company registration details and the consignee's details.

If we cannot complete our checks, or a permit or licence is required and not granted, we will not ship, and we will refund any payment for the affected lines.

Your responsibilities

You must follow the export and sanctions laws that apply to you, and not export, re-export or transfer products we supplied in breach of them. This applies even after delivery.

Questions

Tell us the destination and end use before you order, and we will check the shipment first. Email sales@northernitshop.com.