PetroChina to pay US$14.5m fine for US export violations, DOJ says

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WASHINGTON, June 26 — PetroChina International America, a unit of PetroChina, has agreed to pay a fine and forfeiture totlaling US$14.5 million for violations of US export law,...

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PetroChina International America, a unit of PetroChina, has agreed to pay a fine and forfeiture totlaling US$14.5 million for violations of US export law, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. — Reuters file picWASHINGTON, June 26 — PetroChina International America, a unit of PetroChina, has agreed to pay a fine and forfeiture totlaling US$14.5 million for violations of US export law, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Authorities discovered evidence the company had reported inaccurate information in an electronic database exporters use to declare international exports from the US, the US attorney’s office for the southern district of Texas said in a press release. PetroChina International America “misclassified more than US$32 million of ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel as mineral oil mix for certain export transactions to Mexico that took place in 2019 and 2020,” the office said.

The company has fully cooperated with the investigation into the violations and has enhanced its compliance program, the office added.Can Malaysia’s aviation industry shed bureaucratic baggage and take flight? Here’s what Mavcom prescribed prior to merger bid in 2020

 

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