Global Security Newswire

Honeywell International Inc. has agreed to pay a $36,000 fine to settle charges that it shipped hydrogen fluoride to Mexico without a necessary export license, the U.S. Commerce Department announced yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 16).

Company officials did not obtain export licenses for 12 shipments of hydrogen fluoride, which can be used to make chemical weapons. Honeywell voluntarily disclosed the violation, according to a Commerce Department release (U.S. Department of Commerce release, Dec. 30).