Guidance & Frequently Asked Questions
This page provides guidance and answers to common questions, helping users understand and navigate the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the Bureau of Industry and Security's licensing and regulatory processes and procedures. Information on this page does not create any privileges, benefits, or rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any individual, organization, party, or witness in any administrative, civil, or criminal matter.
Topics
Product guidance
Cybersecurity Items and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (2021)
Encryption (2017)
Fingerprint Analysis Equipment
Firearms, Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles (2020)
Firearms Pause & Review (Oct. 2023)
Firearms Rule (Sept. 2024)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) (2021)
Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits (2018)
UAV Policy Update (2021)
End-use and end-user guidance
Country guidance
China and Hong Kong (2021)
China and Hong Kong Recordkeeping (2021)
Controls for Military End Use or Military End Users in Burma, Cambodia, China, Russia and Venezuela (2021)
Cuba Export Controls (2019)
India De-Listing Entity List Rule (2025)
Israel and Related Areas (2023)
Nicaragua Export Controls (2024)
Sudan SSOT Recission (2021)
Russia and Belarus
Address Screening (2024)
Applicable License Requirements (2022)
Commodity, End-user, and Transshipment Country Red Flags (2022)
Country Group and Country Chart Changes (2022)
EAR99 Software Controls (2024)
End User Controls on OFAC SDNS (2024)
Excluded Countries (2022)
Foreign Direct Product (FDP) and De Minimis Rules (2022)
Guidance for Non-U.S. Corporate Service Providers (2024)
License Application Review Policy (2022)
License Exceptions (2024)
License Exception Medical Devices (2024)
Luxury Goods (2022)
"No Russia" Contract Clauses (2024)