What does happen when an Export License Application is denied?
If the Export License Application is being considered for denial, the U.S. government will notify the applicant (Cisco) of the impending denial. The U.S. government gives the applicant (Cisco) the opportunity to request that the Export License Application be Returned Without Action before issuing a denial order. This is a more desirable outcome than an actual issuance of denial as the denial becomes part of the official public record. This outcome becomes precedence which subsequent decisions may be based on. Also the customer may not want their denial to be part of public record or the stigma that may be associated with that. The customer would then be asked to cancel the order as it will never be allowed to ship.
