In the past, Canon group was also involved in security trade control cases. We explained to the Japanese government that no Canon group companies even sold the products directly to these countries. And non ofthese cases were regarded as violations.
As you can see by these cases, however, it is still possible that the group companies' products are involved in diversion cases.
Canon group companies need to prevent involvement in any malicious event, to say nothing of complying with applicable laws and regulations. To the end, a high level control is required, such as keeping sales records including number on hand.