. @FEMA has issued its temporary filing rule on the “Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use” pursuant to Trump’s Executive Order of last week https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/10/2020-07659/prioritization-and-allocation-of-certain-scarce-or-threatened-health-and-medical-resources-for
#Covid_19 #SupplyChain #exportcontrols

Subject to certain exemptions stated below, no shipments of five types of designated personal protective equipment ( #PPE), including the #N95 masks made by @3M may leave the U.S. without explicit approval by @FEMA. #Covid_19 #SupplyChains #exportcintrols

However, @FEMA in making decisions may consider factors such as: minimization of disruption to the #supplychain, both domestically and abroad; humanitarian considerations; and international relations and diplomatic considerations. #COVID19 #exportcontrols #PPE

There is a specific exemption where at least 80% of a U.S. manufacturer’s (with continuous export agreements with customers in other countries) domestic production of covered materials, on a per item basis, was distributed in the U.S. in the preceding 12 months. #COVIDー19