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Relatively few exports require an export license.
Licenses are required in certain situations involving
national security, foreign policy, short-supply, nuclear
non-proliferation, missile technology, chemical and
biological weapons, regional stability, crime control,
or terrorist concerns. License requirements are dependent
upon an item's technical characteristics, the destination,
the end-use, and the end-user, and other activities
of the end-user. Learn
for sure whether your exports need a license before
you export.
See Also: Export
Controls - Ask the TIC Article
This article writen by the Trade Information
Center (TIC) covers
most of what you need to know about export licensing
in three pages or less.
If you do need a license for your export, SNAP (Simplified
Network Applications Process) allows registered users
to submit export and reexport license applications,
to request commodity classifications, and agricultural
license exception notices through a single and secure
Web site.
Illegal Exports: Lists To Check
Check these lists to insure your products are not
being illegally sold to barred persons or entities.
Denied
Persons List - List of persons to whom export
privileges are denied by written order of the Department
of Commerce.
Unverified
List - includes names and countries of foreign
persons who in the past were parties to a transaction
with respect to which BIS could not conduct a pre-license
check ("PLC") or a post-shipment verification
("PSV") for reasons outside of the U.S.
Government's control.
Entity
List - These end users have been determined
to present an unacceptable risk of diversion to
developing weapons of mass destruction or the missiles
used to deliver those weapons.
Specially
Designated Nationals List - Alphabetical master
list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons
Debarred
List - Defense Trade Controls List
This form for reporting export control or antiboycott
violations should only be used to submit a lead or
a tip on a possible export control or boycott related
violation of the EAR. Because we want to protect you
and any information you may wish to provide us, no
email response will be sent to you as a result of
submitting this form. In most cases you will be contacted
by telephone by one of our special agents.
More Information on Export Controls, Regulations
and Licensing
BIS is the primary licensing agency for dual use
exports (commercial items which could have military
applications). Other
departments and agencies have regulatory jurisdiction
over certain types of exports and reexports. For
example, the State Department licenses the export
defense articles and services, while certain nuclear
materials and equipment are licensed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
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