Classification Details
| Category | 9 — Aerospace & Propulsion |
| Product Group | A — Systems, Equipment & Components |
| Description | Commodities related to launch vehicles, missiles, and rockets (see List of Items Controlled). |
| Control Reasons | ATMTNSRSUN |
| License Exceptions | GBSLVSSTA |
Items Controlled
a. through b. [Reserved] c. "Components" "specially designed" for ramjet, scramjet, pulse jet, or combined cycle engines described in USML Category IV, including devices to regulate combustion in such commodities. d. "Components" "specially designed" for hybrid rocket motors described in USML Category IV usable in rockets, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles capable of a range equal to or greater than 300 km. e. "Components" "specially designed" for pressure gain combustion-based propulsion systems described in USML Category IV. f. Composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof "specially designed" for the following items described in USML Category IV: f.1. Systems capable of a range equal to or greater than 300 km; f.2. Individual rocket stages usable in 9A604.f.1. systems; f.3. Solid propellant rocket motors or hybrid rocket motors having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 8.41 × 10 5 Ns; or f.4. Liquid propellant rocket engines integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant propulsion system which has a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 8.41 × 10 5 Ns. f.5. Thrust vector control systems usable in rockets, space launch vehicles (SLVs), and missiles capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. f.6. Re-entry vehicles or warhead heat shields usable in rockets, SLVs, and missiles capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. f.7. Safing, arming, fuzing, and firing components usable in rockets, SLVs, and missiles capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. g. through w. [Reserved] x. "Parts," "components," "accessories," and "attachments" that are "specially designed" for a commodity subject to control in paragraphs .a through .d of this ECCN, or a defense article described in USML Category IV, and not specified elsewhere on the USML or in 9A604.y.
Related Controls
(1) Launch vehicles, missiles, and rockets are subject to the ITAR (see USML Category IV). (2) See ECCN 0A919 for foreign-made "military commodities" that incorporate more than a
Items may also be controlled under the ITAR (22 CFR 121) administered by the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC).
Related ECCNs
Export Control Context
Category 9 covers aerospace and propulsion systems including space launch vehicles, rocket propulsion, spacecraft, and gas turbine engines. Many items overlap with ITAR controls — exporters should verify jurisdiction before proceeding with a BIS license application.
Source: BIS Commerce Control List, eCFR Title 15 Part 774. This reference is for informational purposes only. For licensing determinations, consult BIS.doc.gov or a licensed export compliance attorney.
Cross-Source Intelligence
Fed Reg Amendments
5
CSL Entities
1052
Recent BIS Amendments
Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related Export Controls
Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related Export Controls, Including Addition of License Exception Commercial Space Activities (CSA)
Quicksilver Manufacturing, Inc., 8209 Market St. #A173, Wilmington, NC 28411; Rapid Cut LLC, 8209 Market St. #A173, Wilmington, NC 28411; U.S. Prototype, Inc., 8209 Market St. #A173, Wilmington, NC 28411; Order Temporarily Denying Export Privileges
Elimination of License Exception Civil End Users (CIV)
Expansion of Export, Reexport, and Transfer (In-Country) Controls for Military End Use or Military End Users in the People's Republic of China, Russia, or Venezuela; Correction
Related Export Codes (Schedule B)
Sources: BIS Commerce Control List (eCFR), Census Schedule B, Federal Register (BIS), BIS Consolidated Screening List