ECCN

Questions and answers about ECCN

  • ECCNS AND ROUTED TRANSACTIONS

    Question: A company acts as the  US export agent for several FPPIs  who purchase their products from an US seller and have them shipped to the US agent’s warehouse. Some of the products are consumer electronics and may be controlled under EAR. When the US agent contacts the US seller to verify if the item […]

  • ECCN OF POTASSIUM NITRATE

      Question: I was wondering if any of the members have experience with exporting potassium nitrate? I am not finding any mention of it in the EAR. Any suggestions you have would be much appreciated. Thank you. ==========

  • ECCN FOR COMPONENTS

      QUESTION:   If a configurable electronic instrument has been classified as 4A994 by BIS, are we required to use 4A994 when we ship a component separately, such as for a spare part or upgrade purpose? The component shipped separately might be a p c board, cable, led or lcd display, etc. *************  

  • LICENSE CODE C33 & C32

      Question:   During an audit we have discovered several ECCN shipments that were filed with C33 rather than C32, although the ECCNs in question are controlled for more than Anti-Terrorism (AT). I am trying to get a scope of how far back I need to follow this – can the membership please advise when […]

  • ECCN and License Category 3

      Question:   We export an item under an ECCN in CCL Category 3 that requires a license to the destination country.  The ECCN has a specific performance threshold that must be achieved.  A few months later the item is returned to us for repair or replacement, which would be eligible for RPL treatment.  But […]

  • ECCN for category 5 parts (additional answers)

      Question:   Our company is involved with downloads  of software from different servers located worldwide and  some time will purchase software from vendors shelf will purchase shelf products.  Our group is responsible in verifying and assigning ECCN for the software components of the application.  Recently encountered a third party vendor that provided ECCN 5D992.b.1. […]

  • ECCN for category 5 parts

      Question: Our company is involved with downloads  of software from different servers located worldwide and  some time will purchase software from vendors shelf will purchase shelf products.  Our group is responsible in verifying and assigning ECCN for the software components of the application.  Recently encountered a third party vendor that provided ECCN 5D992.b.1. so […]

  • ECCN

    Question: I have a CNC PC based machine tool controller software, motion controller card, microsystem computer loaded with CNC program for a lathe, the lathe was exported under ECCN 2B991. My question is would the ECCN for all the items be 2B991 or each of the items have a different ECCN. ************

  • ECCN PROCESS

    Question:I’ve been tasked to come up with a “simple” way for our Engineering Department to assist me in determining ECCN’s.  While I understand this is not a simple task, I’m wondering if anyone has a checklist or other document that would point me in the right direction.  Most of our products fall in Category 5 […]

  • ECCN FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS

    Question: My company manufactures products that generally would be EAR99, howeverbecause they are specially designed they fall under the classification of theupper level assembly. Our components are manufactured metal components withmachined metal ends.  We manufacture in the US and the company would like touse offshore machine houses.  My questions are  how far down the supply […]

  • ECCN FOR WIRE TIES

    Question:I have been told that wire ties or zip ties are controlled for U.S. export – I’m assuming under ECCN 0A982. Does anyone else export these items and classify them as controlled, other than EAR99?