ECCN reference · Category 2: Materials processing
ECCN 2B206
Dimensional inspection machines, instruments or systems, other than those described in 2B006, as follows
Test, inspection and production equipment. Reasons for control: NP (Nuclear nonproliferation), AT (Anti-terrorism).
Does 2B206 need a license to your country?
Enter the full classification (for example 2B206.a.1) and a destination. The check reads the Country Chart, the end-use and embargo rules, and shows the rule and source behind the answer.
License requirements
Each control below comes from the entry’s License Requirements table. Where it names a Country Chart column, the countries with an X in that column need a license for the items the control covers, unless a License Exception applies.
- NP (Nuclear nonproliferation): NP applies to entire entry.
Country Chart column NP1: a license is needed to 151 countries with an X
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Congo (Republic of the), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated State of), Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin), Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Republic of, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- AT (Anti-terrorism): AT applies to entire entry. No Country Chart country has an X in column AT1; the destinations this control targets are under “Not decided by the Country Chart” below.
Not decided by the Country Chart: Covered Donetsk region of Ukraine (DNR), Covered Luhansk region of Ukraine (LNR), Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Korea, North, Syria. These destinations are under embargoes or other special controls in 15 CFR Part 746, which require a license for most items whatever the chart shows. Russia and Belarus also have broad Part 746 controls in addition to the chart.
A blank on the Country Chart is not permission to ship. End-use and end-user rules (15 CFR Part 744), embargoes and sanctions (Part 746), and the parties to the transaction still apply. Use the check above for your item and country.
List-based License Exceptions
As the entry lists them. Each exception has its own conditions in 15 CFR Part 740, and § 740.2 bars or limits most of them for Russia, Belarus, Country Group D:5 and embargoed destinations, so an entry’s “Yes” does not mean it is available everywhere.
- LVS: N/A
- GBS: N/A
Items in 2B206
The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 2B206.a.
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- 2B206.a Computer controlled or numerically controlled coordinate measuring machines (CMM) with either of the following characteristics:
- 2B206.a.1 Having only two axes with a maximum permissible error of length measurement along any axis (one dimension), identified as any combination of E_(0x MPE), E_(0y MPE) or E_(0z MPE), equal to or less (better) than (1.25 + L/1,000) µm (where L is the measured length in mm) at any point within the operating range of the machine (i.e., within the length of the axis), according to ISO 10360-2 (2009); or
- 2B206.a.2 Having three or more axes with a three dimensional (volumetric) maximum permissible error of length measurement, identified as E_0,_(MPE), equal to or less (better) than (1.7 + L/800) µm (where L is the measured length in mm) at any point within the operating range of the machine (i.e., within the length of the axis), according to ISO 10360-2 (2009).
- 2B206.b Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemishells, having both of the following characteristics:
- 2B206.b.1 "Measurement uncertainty" along any linear axis equal to or less (better) than 3.5 µm per 5 mm; and
- 2B206.b.2 "Angular position deviation" equal to or less than 0.02°.
- 2B206.c Linear displacement measuring systems having both of the following characteristics:
- 2B206.c.1 Containing a "laser;" and
- 2B206.c.2 Capable of maintaining, for at least 12 hours over a temperature range of ± 1 K around a standard temperature and a standard pressure, both:
- 2B206.c.2.a A "resolution" over their full scale of 0.1 µm or better; and
- 2B206.c.2.b A "measurement uncertainty" equal to or better (less) than (0.2 + L/2,000) µm (L is the measured length in millimeters).
- 2B206.d Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) systems having all of the following:
- 2B206.d.1 Having any of the following:
- 2B206.d.1.a "Linearity" equal to or less (better) than 0.1% measured from 0 to the full operating range, for LVDTs with a full operating range up to and including ±5 mm; or
- 2B206.d.1.b "Linearity" equal to or less (better) than 0.1% measured from 0 to 5 mm for LVDTs with a 'full operating range' greater than ±5 mm; and
- 2B206.d.2 Drift equal to or less (better) than 0.1% per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ±1 K.
Source
Commerce Control List, 15 CFR Part 774, Supplement No. 1 (official text on eCFR), as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT. Commerce Country Chart, Supplement No. 1 to Part 738, as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT.
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