Digi-Key Corporation

Digi-Key Corporation

The Violation: During the years 2008 through 2011, in connection with transactions involving the sale and/ or transfer of U .S . origin goods to Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, Digi-Key Corporation (Digi-Key), located in Minnesota, on five occasions, furnished to its customer a statement that certain of the ordered goods were not made in Israel . Furnishing this information is prohibited because the information concerns Digikey’s or another person’s business relationships with or in a boycotted country . In addition, on fifty-eight occasions, Digi-Key received a goods directive prohibiting any import from Israel or of goods made in Israel . Digi-Key failed to report its receipts of these requests to engage in a restrictive trade practice or boycott . DigiKey voluntarily disclosed these transactions to BIS .

The Penalty: On September 13, 2013, Digi-Key Corporation agreed to pay a civil penalty of $56,600 .