BIS settles with Coastal PVA Technology for $1.7M over Entity List exports

Description

Coastal PVA Technology, Inc. agreed to pay $1,700,000 for eighteen violations of the EAR involving exports of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) brushes between May 2021 and May 2024 to Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation (SMIC Beijing) and Semiconductor Manufacturing North China (Beijing) Corporation (SMIC North), both of which were identified on the Entity List at the time of the exports.

Sources

• April 2026 Export Controls and Compliance Updates

Key Findings

BIS settles with Coastal PVA Technology for $1.7M over Entity List exports

April 14, 2026: The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) reached a settlement with Coastal PVA Technology, Inc., under which the company agreed to pay $1,700,000 for eighteen violations of the EAR. The violations involved the export of polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) brushes, between May 2021 and May 2024, to Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation (“SMIC Beijing”).