Guides to ECCN lookup and classification, EAR99, ITAR vs. EAR jurisdiction, encryption controls, licence requirements and sanctions screening, written for the people who have to get the answer right. New to classifying? Start with how to find the ECCN for your product or see how a classification works in the tool.
ECCN lookup: read a known code's entry on the Commerce Control List, or find candidate ECCNs for a product through the CCL index, then confirm the paragraph.
An ECCN number has a category digit, a product group letter and a three-digit entry, often with a paragraph such as .c. How to read a code like 5A992.c.
Manufacturer ECCNs are published on compliance pages, datasheets and invoices. What a supplier's ECCN covers, when to rely on it and when to classify yourself.
Reasons for control (NS, MT, NP, CB, RS, CC, AT, EI and more) say why an ECCN is controlled and which Country Chart column, such as NS1 or AT1, to check.
EAR license exceptions in Part 740 allow an export without a licence if their conditions are met: list-based LVS, GBS, TSR and STA, plus TMP, RPL, BAG and ENC.
An export licence is required when the ECCN, destination, recipient or end use triggers one under the EAR and no exception applies. The four-question test.
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ECCN.help walks an item through ITAR vs. EAR, the Commerce Control List entry and the paragraph it meets, and shows the rule that decided it. Five classifications are included with every account.