Export Controls

Lists of Export Controlled Items, Information and Software

Introduction

In considering whether or not a shipment to another country will require an export license, we need to consider both WHAT is being shipped and WHERE it is going.

The lists on this page deal with WHAT is being shipped. (See the lists of export controlled or embargoed countries for guidance about WHERE certain shipments may be sent.)

Items, Information and Software subject to US Export Control Laws and used in a university environment are generally categorized on the following two lists:

• US Munitions List (USML) - (ITAR)
  Published by the US State Department in its International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • Addresses items, software and technologies that are primarily defense-related in application
• Commerce Control List (CCL) - (EAR)
  Published by the US Commerce Department in its Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
  • Addresses "dual use" items, information and software that are primarily commercial in nature but also have potential military applications

In addition, under the provisions of the international Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States may require special declarations related to chemical shipments under either the ITAR or the EAR.

If you are shipping an item that you believe falls into a controlled category, use the links below to go to the regulations themselves or contact Steve Eisner, University Export Control Officer, at 724-7072.

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Munitions List

CATEGORIES: INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS
U.S. Munitions List

(Link opens the State Department site; see Part 121)

• Category I
  Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns
  
• Category II
  Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms, and Toxins
  
• Category III
  Ammunition/Ordnance
  
• Category IV
  Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs and Mines
  
• Category V
  Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents and Their Constituents
  
• Category VI
  Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment
  
• Category VII
  Tanks and Military Vehicles
  
• Category VIII
  Aircraft and Associated Equipment
  
• Category IX
  Military Training Equipment
  
• Category X
  Protective Personnel Equipment
  
• Category XI
  Military Electronics
  
• Category XII
  Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment
  
• Category XIII
  Auxiliary Military Equipment
  
• Category XIV
  Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
  
• Category XV
  Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment
  
• Category XVI
  Nuclear Weapons, Design and Testing Related Items
  
• Category XVII
  Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated
  
• Category XVIII
  Directed Energy Weapons
  
• Category XX
  Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment

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Commerce Control List

CATEGORIES: Export Administration Regulations
Bureau of Industry and Security Commerce Control list

(Link opens the Commerce Department site. Scroll to Part 774.
Links below open the individual sections of the Commerce Control List .)

• Category 0
  Nuclear Materials, Facilities & Equipment
  (and Miscellaneous Items)
  
• Category 1
  Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms, and Toxins
  
• Category 2
  Materials Processing
  
• Category 3
  Electronics Design, Development and Production
  
• Category 4
  Computers
  
• Category 5
  Part 1: Telecommunications
  Part 2: Information Security
  
• Category 6
  Sensors and Lasers
  
• Category 7
  Navigation and Avionics
  
• Category 8
  Marine
  
• Category 9
  Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment
  

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