A classification takes an item through six stages, in the order a compliance officer would follow: describe it, settle ITAR vs. EAR, place it on the Commerce Control List, pick the entry, answer what the entry turns on, and read the result with its reasons for control. Watch three worked examples below.
Name the item, describe it with its figures and units, and say whether it is a physical product, software or technology, and whether it has an information-security function.
Answers on ITAR vs. EAR jurisdiction are pre-filled from your description and the usual defaults. Check them and accept.
Tick the Commerce Control List category and product group. The likely ones are suggested; "None of these" widens the search to every area.
Up to three entries are offered as cards. Choose one, ask for the questions instead, or choose EAR99 when it is offered.
Answer what the chosen entry turns on. Figures from your description are filled in for you to check.
The code, its reasons for control and how it was reached. Accept it, then check licence requirements or screen the parties.
Three items, start to finish. It plays by itself; pause or step through at your own pace.
What to do:
Write values with their units — "-60 °C", "30 WT", "640 × 512", "50 ns". The tool reads them, converts them where needed and fills the value questions for you to check.
At What is it, "None of these describes the product" widens the search to every area. If the right entry is not among the cards, press "None of these — ask me the questions".
Suggested categories, groups and marked descriptions come from your description. Read the wording before you choose; you decide every answer.
Every answer in the history has a Change button. Going back keeps what came before and asks again from there.
Each Start classification uses one of your five. The number left is shown beside the Start button. For more, write to ceo@tariffwolf.com or book a call.
ECCN.help is research and assistance, not legal advice. Check the result against the regulation and obtain a formal classification where the stakes require one.
Five classifications are included with every account.