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ECCN reference · Category 6: Sensors and lasers

ECCN 6A205

"Lasers," "laser" amplifiers and oscillators, other than those controlled by 6A005, excluding items that are subject to the export licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (see 10 CFR part 110).

Systems, equipment and components. Reasons for control: NP (Nuclear nonproliferation), AT (Anti-terrorism).

Does 6A205 need a license to your country?

Enter the full classification (for example 6A205.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.

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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 6A205

The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 6A205.a.

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  • 6A205.a Copper vapor lasers having both of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.a.1 Operating at wavelengths between 500 nm and 600 nm; and
  • 6A205.a.2 An average output power equal to or greater than 30 W;
  • 6A205.b Argon ion "lasers" having both of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.b.1 Operating at wavelengths between 400 nm and 515 nm; and
  • 6A205.b.2 An average output power greater than 40 W;
  • 6A205.c Neodymium-doped (other than glass) lasers with an output wavelength between 1000 nm and 1100 nm having either of the following:
  • 6A205.c.1 Pulse-excited and Q-switched with a pulse duration equal to or greater than 1 ns, and having either of the following:
  • 6A205.c.1.a A single-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 40 W; or
  • 6A205.c.1.b A multiple-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 50 W; or
  • 6A205.c.2 Incorporating frequency doubling to give an output wavelength between 500 nm and 550 nm with an average output power of greater than 40 W.
  • 6A205.d Tunable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.d.1 Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;
  • 6A205.d.2 An average output greater than 1 W;
  • 6A205.d.3 A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and
  • 6A205.d.4 Pulse width less than 100 ns;
  • 6A205.e Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.e.1 Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;
  • 6A205.e.2 An average output greater than 30 W;
  • 6A205.e.3 A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and
  • 6A205.e.4 Pulse width less than 100 ns;
  • 6A205.f Alexandrite lasers having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.f.1 Operating at wavelengths between 720 nm and 800 nm;
  • 6A205.f.2 A bandwidth of 0.005 nm or less;
  • 6A205.f.3 A repetition rate greater than 125 Hz; and
  • 6A205.f.4 An average output power greater than 30 W;
  • 6A205.g Pulsed carbon dioxide "lasers" having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.g.1 Operating at wavelengths between 9,000 nm and 11,000 nm;
  • 6A205.g.2 A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;
  • 6A205.g.3 An average output power greater than 500 W; and
  • 6A205.g.4 Pulse width of less than 200 ns;
  • 6A205.h Pulsed excimer lasers (XeF, XeCl, KrF) having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.h.1 Operating at wavelengths between 240 nm and 360 nm;
  • 6A205.h.2 A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; and
  • 6A205.h.3 An average output power greater than 500 W;
  • 6A205.i Para-hydrogen Raman shifters designed to operate at 16 micrometer output wavelength and at a repetition rate greater than 250 Hz.;
  • 6A205.j Pulsed carbon monoxide lasers having all of the following characteristics:
  • 6A205.j.1 Operating at wavelengths between 5,000 and 6,000 nm;
  • 6A205.j.2 A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;
  • 6A205.j.3 An average output power greater than 200 W; and
  • 6A205.j.4 Pulse width of less than 200 ns.

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.

This page is a preliminary reference, not legal advice, a classification ruling or permission to ship. Confirm the classification against the full official text.