BIS adds 32 entities to Entity List across China (23), Turkey (3), UAE (2), India, Iran, Singapore, Taiwan; footnote-3/4 designations target Russia procurement and Chinese chip/quantum

Mechanism

BIS amends EAR Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 in three motions:

1. Additions (32 entries). Twenty-three Chinese entries cluster around semiconductors / advanced computing (Fudan Microelectronics, Sino IC Technology, GMC Semiconductor (Wuxi), NetForward subsidiaries), quantum / time-frequency standards (CAS National Time Service Center), aerospace / high-altitude platforms (CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute), CAD / EDA software, and biotech with PLA Academy of Military Medical Sciences ties. The remaining nine entries cover diversion networks: Turkey (Atempo, EB Teknoloji, Dentun Elektronik — all footnote-3 Russian Procurement Entity), India (AR Sales Pvt Ltd — footnote 3), UAE (HAS General Trading LLC — Iran/Russia CCL transshipment; one additional UAE entry), Iran (Smart Mail Services — Hossein Hatefi Ardakani drone-procurement network), Singapore and Taiwan (each one entry tied to Hong Kong-headquartered groups).

2. Footnote-4 designations on Chinese chip / quantum entities. Several PRC entries are listed with footnote 4, which extends the FDP rule so that non-US-origin items produced with US-origin technology or software become subject to the EAR when destined for those parties. This is the same lever BIS uses against Huawei and SMIC affiliates and is materially stronger than a base Entity List listing.

3. Removals + corrections. Two addresses are removed from one Russian entry (Intertech Rus LLC); 27 prior entries get typographical corrections. License requirement for all listed parties: all items subject to the EAR, presumption of denial, no use of license exceptions.

The package is a final rule effective four days before publication (September 12, 2025), with the standard EAR savings clause for shipments already en route.

Downstream implications

• Chinese semiconductor counter-listings. Footnote-4 against Fudan /

Sino IC / GMC Semiconductor (Wuxi) is a meaningful escalation of the US-China chip perimeter beyond Huawei/SMIC; expect MOFCOM Unreliable Entity List or export-control reciprocal moves consistent with the China-minerals-counter-strike pattern.

• Russia procurement perimeter widens to India and Turkey. First

Indian footnote-3 designation (AR Sales Pvt Ltd) signals BIS willingness to push the Russian Procurement Entity tag into India, complicating US-India strategic-tech cooperation. Turkish trio (Atempo, EB Teknoloji, Dentun) extends an existing pattern of using Türkiye as a CCL-electronics transshipment node.

• Iranian drone-procurement network continuity. The Smart Mail

Services listing slots into the Hatefi Ardakani network US Treasury and BIS have been picking apart since 2023; complements OFAC SDN parallel designations and the broader us-iran-maximum-pressure architecture.

• Quantum / time-frequency Entity List precedent. The CAS National

Time Service Center addition is one of the first explicit BIS listings citing quantum / time-standards as a national-security category.

Open questions

• Will the footnote-4 designations on Fudan and Sino IC trigger formal

MOFCOM Unreliable Entity List counter-listings or only diffuse export- licensing pressure on US firms supplying their fabs?

• Does the AR Sales Pvt Ltd footnote-3 designation foreshadow a wider

India tranche, or is it a one-off enforcement signal?

• Whether the Intertech Rus LLC address removal reflects a settled

enforcement action or a routine list-hygiene step (no public Treasury / BIS announcement located).