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INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1848
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV 0323

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000318 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN 
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST 
KYIV FOR FCS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: 
SCIENTIFIC-PRODUCTION FIRM VD, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 0237 
 
¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is 
prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 
 
¶2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the 
legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Scientific-Production 
Firm VD MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on BIS license 
application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of three (3) ICS 
integrated circuits and micro assemblies, production no. EX128-TQ64. 
 ECCN 3A001.  These commodities are controlled for national security 
(NS), missile technology (MT), nuclear non-proliferation (NP) and 
anti-terrorism (AT)reasons.  The exporter is Actel Corporation, 2061 
Stierlin Ct., Mountain View, CA  94043. 
 
¶3. On January 30, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES 
Yuriy Prikhoko conducted the requested post-shipment verification 
with the Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS, 29 Zhilyanska Street, 
Kiev, Ukraine. The export control team met with Aleksay Velentik, 
General Director. 
 
¶4. The Scientific QProduction Firm VD MAIS (VD MAIS) was established 
in 1993 as a distributor of electronic components for the local 
market.  VD MAIS has 200 employees working in 7 locations throughout 
the Ukraine.  VD MAIS is the number one distributor of electronic 
components in Ukraine and had $37.7 million in revenue in 2007.  VD 
MAIS also publishes a monthly electronics information magazine 
called QElectronic Components and SystemsQ.  VD MAIS owns the 14,500 
square foot building where their distribution headquarters in 
located.  They occupy 10,000 square feet and rent out the rest. 
 
¶5. The commodities in reftel are part of their distribution supply. 
VD MAIS produced an invoice for the export control team showing the 
sale of the reftel commodity to a local merchant. 
 
¶6. The export control team determined that the reftel commodity is 
being used for the end use for which it was licensed.  There are no 
indications of impropriety and the consigneeQs answers were not 
evasive. 
¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Scientific-Production Firm VD 
MAIS, Kiev, Ukraine as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin 
commodities. 
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) 
BEYRLE