Strategic Commodities

To ensure the SAR's continued access to high-technology products which
are essential for maintaining the SAR's status as a regional centre of
finance, trade, banking and telecommunications, the department works
closely with the Trade Department and other agencies to monitor and
control the flow of strategic goods. In 1997, the department investigated
220 cases and prosecuted 175 offenders, resulting in the imposition of
fines amounting to $4.6 million. Strategic goods valued at $15 million -
including such items as glass-lined reactors, encryption devices,
telecommunication equipment and integrated circuits - were seized and
$18.22 million-worth was confiscated.

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