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9B604
9B604 Test, inspection, and production “equipment” and related commodities “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of commodities in ECCN 9A604 or related defense articles in USML Category IV (see List of Items Controlled).
- Category
- Category 9—Aerospace and Propulsion
- Product group
- B. “Test”, “Inspection” and “Production Equipment”
Reason for Control
- NS
- RS
- MT
- AT
- UN
Official text
License Requirements
Reason for
Control:
- NS,
- RS,
- MT,
- AT,
- UN
Control(s) Country chart(See Supp. No. 1to part 738)
- NS applies to entire entry NS Column 1
- RS applies to entire entry RS Column 1
- MT applies to 9B604.a and .b and to 9B604.d “specially designed” “production facilities” or production “equipment” for defense articles identified as MTCR Annex items in USML Category IV(d)(1), (h)(1), (h)(4), (h)(6), (h)(7), (h)(8), (h)(9), (h)(11), (h)(20), (h)(21), or (h)(26) MT Column 1
- AT applies to entire entry AT Column 1
- UN applies to entire entry See § 746.1(b) for UN controls
List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740 for a Description of all License Exceptions)
LVS: $1,500
GBS: N/A
Special Conditions for STA
STA: Paragraph (c)(2) of License Exception STA (§ 740.20(c)(2) of the EAR) may not be used for any item in this ECCN 9B604.
List of Items Controlled
Related Controls: (1) “Production facilities” for the “production” or “development” of commodities enumerated or otherwise described in ECCN 9A012 or 9A101 or in USML Category IV(d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), or (h)(17) are controlled by ECCN 9B116. (2) Test, inspection, and other production “equipment” “specially designed” for the “production” or “development” of commodities enumerated or otherwise described in ECCN 9A101 or in USML Category IV(d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), or (h)(17) are controlled by ECCN 9B115. (3) See ECCN 0A919 for foreign-made “military commodities” that incorporate more than a de minimis amount of US-origin “600 series” controlled content.
Related Definitions: N/A
Items: a. “Production facilities” “specially designed” for items that are controlled by USML Category IV(a)(1) or (a)(2).
b. Test, calibration, and alignment equipment “specially designed” for items that are controlled by USML Category IV(h)(28).
c. Test, inspection, and other production “equipment” that is “specially designed” for the “development,” “production,” repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of commodities described in ECCN 9A604, or defense articles controlled under USML Category IV, and not specified in ECCN 0B604.a or in ECCN 9B604.a, .b, or .d.
d. “Specially designed” “production facilities” or production “equipment” for systems, sub-systems, and “components” controlled by USML Category IV(d)(1), (d)(7), (h)(1), (h)(4), (h)(6), (h)(7), (h)(8), (h)(9), (h)(11), (h)(20), (h)(21), (h)(26), or (h)(28).
e. through w. [Reserved]
x. “Parts,” “components,” “accessories,” and “attachments” that are “specially designed” for a commodity subject to control in paragraph .a or .b of this ECCN.
ecfr-15cfr774-supp1-2026-08-28 · effective 2026-08-28
Issue date 2026-08-28. Amendment date 2026-08-28.
- eCFR Commerce Control List (15 CFR 774, Supplement No. 1)www.ecfr.gov
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