— Rockwell International Corporation of Pittsburgh has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $71,000 for 127 alleged violations of the federal laws against the Arab boycott against Israel and U.S. firms doing business with Israel. The Department of Commerce said that most of the alleged violations occurred at the company’s facilities in West Germany and Great Britain and “were discovered by the Rockwell parent through an internal audit.” The Department said the company “voluntarily brought” the violations to the attention of the Department’s Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance.
“The Rockwell units allegedly certified to buyers of portable electric hand tools and other products that the products sold to them had not originated in Israel,” the Department said. The company also allegedly certified, the Department added, that “on a lesser number of occasions” neither the manufacturer nor the exporting firm was blacklisted by the importing country.
The countries involved in asking for certifications were reported as Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Kuwait and Oman. The majority of them were from Saudi Arabia, the Department said.
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