ST0959

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(i) The signs of potential diversion that you should take into consideration include, but are not limited to, the following: 
(A) The customer or purchasing agent is reluctant to offer information about the end-use (or end-user) of a product.
(B) The product’s capabilities do not fit the buyer’s line of business; for ex- ample, a small bakery places an order for several sophisticated lasers. 
(C) The product ordered is incompatible with the technical level of the country to which the product is being shipped. For example, semiconductor manufacturing equipment would be of little use in a country without an electronics industry. 
(D) The customer has little or no business background. For example, financial information unavailable from normal commercial sources and corporate principals unknown by trade sources. 
(E) The customer is willing to pay cash for a very expensive item when the terms of the sale call for financing. 
(F) The customer is unfamiliar with the product’s performance characteristics but still wants the product.
(G) Routine installation, training or maintenance services are declined by the customer. 
(H) Delivery dates are vague, or de- liveries are planned for out-of-the-way destinations. 
(I) A freight forwarding firm is listed as the product’s final destination. 
(J) The shipping route is abnormal for the product and destination. 
(K) Packaging is inconsistent with the stated method of shipment or destination. 
(L) When questioned, the buyer is evasive or unclear about whether the purchased product is for domestic use, export, or reexport. 
(M) Customer uses only a ‘‘P.O. Box’’ address or has facilities that appear in- appropriate for the items ordered. 
(N) Customer’s order is for parts known to be inappropriate, or for which the customer appears to have no legitimate need (e.g., there is no indication of prior authorized shipment of system for which the parts are sought). 
(O) Customer is known to have, or is suspected of having unauthorized dealings with parties and/or destinations in ineligible countries.

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