Archive Shuttle loads EV API DLL from EV API installation folder and not from the module install root folder.
If EV API Runtime is not installed on VM where EV Export and Import modules are installed, in EnterpriseVaultExport.client.log and EnterpriseVaultImport.client log will be error:
2021-05-03 07:52:42Z|12720| 8|ERROR|GetEVPath(EVAssemblyResolver.cs:119)|EV Binary Path (InstallPath) not found for KVS.EnterpriseVault.Interop.EVContentManagementAPI ...
and services of EnterpriseVaultExport and EnterpriseVaultImport will be stopped.