Commerce Control List CFR Correction

Regs.gov: Bureau of Industry and Security

Published January 1st, 2025

Detected March 14th, 2026

Summary

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing a correction to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) regarding the Commerce Control List. This technical correction reinstates specific text related to the definition of crude and semi-fabricated forms of metals and alloys in Supplement No. 1 to Part 774.

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This rule corrects an editorial or technical error in the most recent annual revision of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), specifically within Title 15, Parts 745 to 799, as revised on January 1, 2025. The correction reinstates specific text after entry 1B999 in Supplement No. 1 to Part 774, which details the Commerce Control List. The reinstated text clarifies the definitions of "crude forms" and "semi-fabricated forms" for metals and alloys, ensuring that the object of export controls is not circumvented by exporting non-listed forms that are essentially crude or semi-fabricated.

This is a technical correction to existing regulations and does not introduce new obligations or policy changes. Importers and exporters should be aware of this clarification to ensure accurate classification of materials. No specific compliance deadline is associated with this correction, as it clarifies existing definitions. The primary impact is on the precise interpretation and application of the Commerce Control List for metals and alloys.

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CFR Correction

This rule is being published by the Office of the Federal Register to correct an editorial or technical error that appeared
in the most recent annual revision of the Code of Federal Regulations.

In Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 745 to 799, revised as of January 1, 2025, in supplement 1 to part 774,
after 1B999, reinstate the following text to read as follows:

Supplement No. 1 to Part 774—The Commerce Control List

C. “Materials”

Technical Note: Metals and alloys: Unless provision to the contrary is made, the words “metals” and “alloys” in 1C001 to 1C011 cover crude
and semi-fabricated forms, as follows:

Crude forms: Anodes, balls, bars (including notched bars and wire bars), billets, blocks, blooms, brickets, cakes, cathodes, crystals,
cubes, dice, grains, granules, ingots, lumps, pellets, pigs, powder, rondelles, shot, slabs, slugs, sponge, sticks;

Semi-fabricated forms (whether or not coated, plated, drilled or punched):

a. Wrought or worked materials fabricated by rolling, drawing, extruding, forging, impact extruding, pressing, graining, atomizing,
and grinding, i.e.: angles, channels, circles, discs, dust, flakes, foils and leaf, forging, plate, powder, pressings and stampings, ribbons,
rings, rods (including bare welding rods, wire rods, and rolled wire), sections, shapes, sheets, strip, pipe and tubes (including
tube rounds, squares, and hollows), drawn or extruded wire;

b. Cast material produced by casting in sand, die, metal, plaster or other types of molds, including high pressure castings,
sintered forms, and forms made by powder metallurgy.

The object of the control should not be defeated by the export of non-listed forms alleged to be finished products but representing
in reality crude forms or semi-fabricated forms.

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