Arrow Electronics (ARW) has said that the US government is reversing trade restrictions on its Chinese affiliates for enabling the sale of US components in weaponized drones operated by Iran-backed groups, Reuters reported Saturday.

As a result, Arrow (China) Electronics Trading and another Arrow entity with six aliases in Hong Kong were added to the US Commerce Department's Entity List on Oct. 8, under which licenses are required to export goods and technology to companies and are likely to be denied over national security concerns, according to the report.

The US-based electronic components distributor reportedly said on Saturday that the Commerce Department told the company it will soon publish the reversal in the US Federal Register and temporarily sent a letter to remove the restrictions.

Arrow spokesman John Hourigan also told Reuters that Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong), which he described as a subsidiary when it was added to the Entity List, was not actually affiliated with Arrow Electronics.

The US Department of Commerce and Arrow Electronics did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment on the matter.

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