Includes the U.S. government export controls that companies need to abide by when exporting to this country.
Last Published: 7/15/2019

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is responsible for implementing and enforcing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which regulate the export and re-export of most commercial items.  The EAR often refers to the items that BIS regulates as “dual-use” items, which have both commercial and potential military applications. However,  some purely commercial items without an obvious military use are also subject to the EAR.  More information on Commerce Department export controls is available at:

http://www.bis.doc.gov/licensing/exportingbasics.htm.

A consolidated and searchable database of eleven export screening lists of the Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury to facilitate electronic screens of potential parties to regulated transactions is available at https://www.export.gov/csl-search.

Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.