Lists of Export Controlled Items, Information and Software
In considering whether or not a shipment to another country will require an export license, we need to consider both what is being shipped and where it is going. The lists on this page deal with what is being shipped.
Lists of Export Controlled or Embargoed countries
Items, Information and Software subject to US Export Control Laws and used in a university environment are generally categorized on the following two lists:
- Category I: Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns
- Category II: Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms, and Toxins
- Category III: Ammunition/Ordnance
- Category IV: Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs and Mines
- Category V: Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents and Their Constituents
- Category VI: Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment
- Category VII: Tanks and Military Vehicles
- Category VIII: Aircraft and Associated Equipment
- Category IX: Military Training Equipment
- Category X: Protective Personnel Equipment
- Category XI: Military Electronics
- Category XII: Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment
- Category XIII: Auxiliary Military Equipment
- Category XIV: Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
- Category XV: Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment
- Category XVI: Nuclear Weapons, Design and Testing Related Items
- Category XVII: Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated
- Category XVIII: Directed Energy Weapons
- Category XX: Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment
Links below open the individual sections of the Commerce Control List.
- Category 0: Nuclear Materials, Facilities & Equipment (and Miscellaneous Items)
- Category 1: Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms, and Toxins
- Category 2: Materials Processing
- Category 3: Electronics Design, Development and Production
- Category 4: Computers
- Category 5: (Part 1: Telecommunications, Part 2: Information Security)
- Category 6: Sensors and Lasers
- Category 7: Navigation and Avionics
- Category 8: Marine
- Category 9: Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment
If you are shipping any equipment, software, biological agents or technology internationally, please complete the Export Control Determination Request to assist in the classification of the item and to confirm that the ultimate recipient is not a prohibited party. When in doubt of whether a determination is necessary, contact export_controls@ncsu.edu.
If you have any questions, please email export_controls@ncsu.edu.