US embassy cable - 02AMMAN3808

UNCLAS AMMAN 003808 
 
SIPDIS 
 
U.S. CUSTOMS HQS FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS 
ROME FOR CUSTOMS ATTACHE 
USDOC FOR FCS/OIO REGIONAL DIRECTOR KEVIN BRENNAN 
USDOC FOR OEA/532 MARY R. CORSEY/D. JOHNSON/A. DYSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP, ETRD, ETTC, JO 
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN 
BROMINE COMPANY LTD. (APPLICATION NUMBER D292692/D293119) 
 
REF: A. USDOC 03125 
     B. AMMAN 00380 
     C. USDOC 00298 
 
1.  IN RESPONSE TO REF A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON 
APPLICATIONS D292692/D293119, ECONOFFS VISITED THE JORDAN 
BROMINE COMPANY'S (JBC'S) BROMINE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN 
GHORE SAFI, SOUTHERN JORDAN, ON JULY 8, 2002 AND MET WITH JBC 
MATERIALS MANAGER W.C. (GRAIG) RUSSENHOLT.  RUSSENHOLT WARMLY 
WELCOMED ECONOFFS AND EXPLAINED THAT REF A EXTRANCHECK 
EQUIPMENT, CONSISTING OF 5 HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENTS, TAG 
1140989P24P1, AS WELL AS THE 8 ACRIS BUTTERFLY VALVES, TAG 
VF166 AND VF167.3 RESPECTIVELY, HAD ALREADY BEEN INTEGRATED 
IN THE ASSORTED BROMINE MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES.  ECONOFFS 
CONSEQUENTLY REQUESTED AND WERE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE 
AFOREMENTIONED ASSEMBLIES AS A MEANS TO VERIFY EQUIPMENT 
INTEGRATION AND PROPER USE AS STIPULATED BY REF C EXPORT 
LICENSE.  NO UNTOWARD DEVELOPMENTS AROSE AND REF A 
EXTRANCHECK EQUIPMENT WAS VERIFIED TO BE ON SITE AND IN PLACE 
AS DESIGNED. 
 
2.  AS A WELCOME ASIDE, RUSSENHOLT BRIEFED ECONOFFS IN DETAIL 
REGARDING JBC'S RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDED SECURITY 
MEASURES AT THE PLANT.  THESE MEASURES INCLUDED STRENGTHENED 
PERMITER SECURITY, ADDITIONAL GUARDS TO SCREEN ACCESS/EGRESS, 
ETC., IN RESPONSE TO SUGGESTIONS OFFERED BY SCO AND ECONOFF 
DURING REF B VISIT.  RUSSENHOLT NOTED THAT ENHANCED SECURITY 
INITIATIVES ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND WILL LIKELY BE 
IMPLEMENTED BY A PHASE-IN, GRADUAL APPROACH. 
 
3.  RUSSENHOLT CLEARLY EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR USDOC 
AND EMBASSY ASSISTANCE IN SMOOTHING THE DELIVERY OF CRITICAL 
U.S.-ORIGIN EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLANT AND NOTED THAT AS A 
RESULT, JBC FACILITY CONSTRUCTION IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF 
SCHEDULE.  ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT JBC WILL 
USE REF A EQUIPMENT IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF 
EXPORT LICENSES D262962 AND D293119, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. 
GIVEN THE SIZE AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS UNIQUE JOINT VENTURE, 
WE APPRECIATE USDOC'S DEMONSTRATED EFFORTS TO SPEED THE 
EXTRANCHECK PROCESS. 
 
Gnehm