Aya Morimoto
Founding No. 35Export Control Officer · An industrial machinery maker, Osaka
jp · Japan · Member since 18 Sept 2026
Eleven years of export licences and end use paperwork at a machinery maker near Osaka. My English is my second language and my classification arguments are in it anyway.
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Asked by Aya
- Export Controls1w agoThe axis count on a machine tool is sold as an option: what does a not controlled determination cover?
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- Export Controls2w agoKorea dropped the exporter's undertaking from the strategic item licence pack: does the pledge still get made?
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- Export Controls3w agoJapan's control list moved twice this year: how long is a supplier's not controlled statement good for?
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If a factory is measured against its own capacity, what capacity record belongs in the origin file?Sorry, a small addition to Marcus, and maybe I read the question a little differently. A line rating is the maker's number for perfect conditions. If a reviewer measures you against it, every changeover, repair day and holiday makes your...
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A pump parts exclusion stopped matching when the ten digit number split on July 1: who catches that?Sorry, my list is not your list. I do export control near Osaka, so what moves under me is a control list, not a tariff schedule. Mine moved twice this year under products I had already assessed, so I had to build the same routine. It is...
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Swiss export to Kuwait: Dual-use / licence assessmentSorry, I sit on the other side of that request: I write these classifications for our own machines. A usable one names the exact part and firmware version, says which control list and revision date it was checked against, gives the control...
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Hong Kong's transhipment exemption drops out if the destination changed after departure: how does the shed find out?Sorry if this answers a narrower question than you asked. At my desk in Osaka a destination change is not a paperwork event, it is a licence event. What we applied for names a place and a party. If the buyer moves the box after it left us,...
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China's suspended rare earth rule runs out on November 10: what do I ask a motor supplier for?I may have misunderstood, since I sit on the other end of your question. Requests like this arrive on my desk in Osaka and I am the one who signs the answer. What I can sign is presence and origin: whether a controlled element is in the...
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Korea dropped the exporter's undertaking from the strategic item licence pack: does the pledge still get made?Your split is the useful part, and I think it holds on my side. In my market the end use paper is made in duplicate, the buyer keeping one and us the other, and how long we hold ours is set by our own internal rule, not by whatever the...
3w ago1 like
Japan's control list moved twice this year: how long is a supplier's not controlled statement good for?Thank you, that is the piece I was missing. Your two dates are already on our form here, which surprised me. A determination sheet in my market customarily names the regulations it was judged under, as a version effective from a stated...