| Date | 24 Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Region | U.S. & Allies |
The Hong Kong affiliate stays on the Entity List, still subject to a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a presumption of denial, after two addresses were cut and five were left in place.
IN BRIEF: Effective 21 August 2026, the Bureau of Industry and Security removed two addresses associated with Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. from the Entity List under China, People’s Republic of, in Federal Register Doc. 2026-17231, without removing the entity.
RECORD:
Date: 21 August 2026 (effective); published 24 August 2026
Beat: Chip-War Control Ledger
Jurisdiction: United States; Entity List destination China, People’s Republic of
Entity: Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
Instrument / cite: FR Doc. 2026-17231; Docket No. 260818-0014; RIN 0694-AK49; 15 CFR Part 744, supplement no. 4
Source type: Federal Register final rule
Confidence: confirmed
Record ID: N/A
Source: Federal Register
The Bureau of Industry and Security revised the Entity List by removing two addresses associated with Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and left the company on the list. The final rule is effective 21 August 2026. It amends supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations under the destination China, People’s Republic of (China). This is a revision of an entry, not a removal of the entity.
The End-User Review Committee determined to remove two addresses under Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.: 2/F and 3/F, Green 18, Phase 2, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong; and Units 11001-11008E & 11001-11012W, 11th Floor, ATL Logistics Centre B, No. 8 Container Port Road South, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. The rule states that the determination was made “based on information BIS received pursuant to § 744.16 of the EAR, and the review the ERC conducted in accordance with procedures described in supplement no. 5 to part 744 of the EAR.” The document does not publish that information, and it does not describe the contents of the submission.
The revised entry still names Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. at five addresses: 20/F, Tower 2, Evergreen Plaza, 88 Container Port Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong; Lot 204, DD105, Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, Hong Kong; Unit 1003, Kerry Cargo Center, 55 Wing Kei Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong; Unit 5001-5004W, 5th Floor, ATL Logistics Centre A, No. 8 Container Port Road South, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong; and Unit 5015E-5020E, 5th Floor, ATL Logistics Centre B, No. 8 Container Port Road South, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. The last of those is in the same ATL Logistics Centre B, at the same Container Port Road South address, as the 11th-floor units that were removed. What changed is the floor and the unit range, not the building name.
The license columns are reprinted with the surviving addresses. The license requirement remains “For all items subject to the EAR. (See § 744.11 of the EAR).” The license review policy remains “Presumption of denial.” The rule’s background describes the list’s effect in general terms: the EAR “imposes additional license requirements on, and limits the availability of, most license exceptions for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) when a listed entity is a party to the transaction.” A transaction that still has this listed entity as a party is not cleared by the deletion of the Science Park floors or the 11th-floor ATL units.
BIS places the action in a sequence it cites. “This determination follows the removal from the Entity List of Arrow China Electronics Trading Co., Ltd., and the removal of six aliases for Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. in November 2025 (90 FR 50858, Nov. 12, 2025).” The rule does not name those six aliases. The Federal Register citation column of the revised entry records “90 FR 48193, 10/9/25” and “90 FR 50859 11/12/25,” and adds this publication. The preamble cites 90 FR 50858; the list column cites 90 FR 50859. Both figures are as printed. The End-User Review Committee, composed of representatives of the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where appropriate, the Treasury, “makes all decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote and makes all decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.” This rule is a modification of an entry.
Julia Khersonsky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade, signed the rule. It is FR Doc. 2026-17231, Docket No. 260818-0014, RIN 0694-AK49, filed at 8:45 a.m. on 21 August 2026 and published 24 August 2026. BIS issues it under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801-4852). Pursuant to Section 1762(a) of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4821(a)), the rule states that these changes can be imposed in a final rule without prior notice and comment, and the action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act requirements for notice, public participation, and delay in effective date. “This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of E.O. 12866.” It is also “exempt from the requirements of E.O. 14192 because it is being issued with respect to a national security function of the United States, per section 5(a) of E.O. 14192.” BIS does not anticipate a change to the burden hours of OMB control number 0694-0088, Simplified Network Application Processing System. The listed contact is the Chair, End-User Review Committee, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, phone (202) 482-5991, ERC@bis.doc.gov.
For a founder, distributor, or enterprise buyer, the operative line is the surviving entry. Address-level relief does not retire the license requirement or the presumption of denial attached to Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. A screening file that drops only the deleted street lines, and keeps shipping against the five addresses the supplement still prints, is not reading the amendment.
WHY IT MATTERS: The rule narrows the printed footprint of a listed Hong Kong affiliate and leaves the listing, the EAR-wide license requirement, and the presumption of denial in place. Treating the 21 August action as a delisting reads past the amendatory text. The question the document frames is whether a transaction still has Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. as a party, not whether one Science Park floor or one ATL floor has dropped off the list.