Understanding the Impact of the Secondary Market on Proliferation

Technical Report · Wed Jul 31 04:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1643686· OSTI ID:1643686

Sayre, Amanda M. ^[1]; Gray, Thomas T. ^[1]

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1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)

Economic, technological, and social trends are changing the way consumers think about used commodities. Many consumers are now more willing to consider used or remanufactured goods. Simultaneously, new technological innovations are arising that make it more cost-effective to remanufacture these goods and easier to find buyers for them. Together, these changes have led to rapid growth in the secondary market and, along with it, a new threat: the potential export of used, listed weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-related commodities by secondary market resellers who are unaware of export control requirements. While the export of WMD-related commodities is regulated throughout the commodity’s lifetime, knowledge of those export control requirements is sometimes lost as commodities are sold and resold. As such, the secondary market for listed commodities pose proliferation risks and export control challenges that may not be well understood by the U.S. Government.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1643686
• Report Number(s): PNNL--28844
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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