If your product is under the regulation of EAR – The federal export regulations that identify which type of export requires a trade license from the US Department of Commerce, then it may need an export license. To determine whether your export item requires a license to export, almost all the exporters should know whether their products are having the ECCN on them or not.
ECCN stands for Export Control Classification Number. The Commerce Department, under the guidance of the BIS, has acquired the licensing authority over all the exported items that are considered for dual use. The “dual use’ items have both military and commercial use. These exported items are further used for national security, maintaining non-proliferation interests of the US and also sued for determining foreign policy.
The 5 character alpha-numeric number notifies the technology level of products, the country where it is being sent, intended application and customer that help in determining whether the export license is required or not for the particular type of transaction. Export classification number should be given before shipment of the item.
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Once the product has got its ECCN number, the exporter now has to consult the CCL or the Commerce Control List that are obtained from the US export Administrations regulations to know whether the product requires the license or not and why it is controlled. In some of the cases, it is also seen that the products do not require the license and NLR should be applied on them. The companies that are exporting items that come under the EAR should definitely apply for the export license until the export transaction suggest an NLR or No License Required.
In the cases, when the Shippers Export Declaration is needed for the export transactions that have the shipment value of more than $2500, requires the export license when the products are going to the nations that are designated as the terrorist supporting nations, here ECCN is required. If the license is not applied, then NLR is given on the Shippers Export Declaration till the product is managed for anti-terrorism.
In the last note, you should, at first, determine whether the products are coming under CCL. Commerce Control List has 10 divisions. The initial character of ECCN denotes the category of the item. Some of the categories of CCL are computers, nuclear materials, material processing, navigation and avionics, sensors, telecommunication and so on. In these days, export compliance software is being used to classify the export items. The web-based solutions have greatly reduced the use of manual processes.
ECCN stands for Export Control Classification Number. The Commerce Department, under the guidance of the BIS, has acquired the licensing authority over all the exported items that are considered for dual use. The “dual use’ items have both military and commercial use. These exported items are further used for national security, maintaining non-proliferation interests of the US and also sued for determining foreign policy.
The 5 character alpha-numeric number notifies the technology level of products, the country where it is being sent, intended application and customer that help in determining whether the export license is required or not for the particular type of transaction. Export classification number should be given before shipment of the item.
More about ECCN:
Once the product has got its ECCN number, the exporter now has to consult the CCL or the Commerce Control List that are obtained from the US export Administrations regulations to know whether the product requires the license or not and why it is controlled. In some of the cases, it is also seen that the products do not require the license and NLR should be applied on them. The companies that are exporting items that come under the EAR should definitely apply for the export license until the export transaction suggest an NLR or No License Required.
In the cases, when the Shippers Export Declaration is needed for the export transactions that have the shipment value of more than $2500, requires the export license when the products are going to the nations that are designated as the terrorist supporting nations, here ECCN is required. If the license is not applied, then NLR is given on the Shippers Export Declaration till the product is managed for anti-terrorism.
In the last note, you should, at first, determine whether the products are coming under CCL. Commerce Control List has 10 divisions. The initial character of ECCN denotes the category of the item. Some of the categories of CCL are computers, nuclear materials, material processing, navigation and avionics, sensors, telecommunication and so on. In these days, export compliance software is being used to classify the export items. The web-based solutions have greatly reduced the use of manual processes.