ECCN reference · Category 6: Sensors and lasers
ECCN 6A996
"Magnetometers" not controlled by ECCN 6A006, "Superconductive" electromagnetic sensors, and "specially designed" "components" therefor, as follows
Systems, equipment and components. Reasons for control: RS (Regional stability), AT (Anti-terrorism).
Does 6A996 need a license to your country?
Enter the full classification (for example 6A996.a) 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.
- RS (Regional stability): RS applies to entire entry. A license is required for items controlled by this entry for export or reexport to Pakistan or transfer within Pakistan for regional stability reasons. The Commerce Country Chart is not designed to determine RS license requirements for this entry. See § 742.6(a)(12) of the EAR for additional information.
- 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 6A996
The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 6A996.a.
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- 6A996.a "Magnetometers", n.e.s., having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 1.0 nT (rms) per square root Hz.
- 6A996.b "Superconductive" electromagnetic sensors, "components" manufactured from "superconductive" materials and having all the following:
- 6A996.b.1 Designed for operation at temperatures below the "critical temperature" of at least one of their "superconductive" constituents (including Josephson effect devices or "superconductive" quantum interference devices (SQUIDS));
- 6A996.b.2 Designed for sensing electromagnetic field variations at frequencies of 1 KHz or less; and
- 6A996.b.3 Having any of the following characteristics:
- 6A996.b.3.a Incorporating thin-film SQUIDS with a minimum feature size of less than 2 µm and with associated input and output coupling circuits;
- 6A996.b.3.b Designed to operate with a magnetic field slew rate exceeding 1 × 10^6 magnetic flux quanta per second;
- 6A996.b.3.c Designed to function without magnetic shielding in the earth's ambient magnetic field; or
- 6A996.b.3.d Having a temperature coefficient less (smaller) than 0.1 magnetic flux quantum/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.
This page is a preliminary reference, not legal advice, a classification ruling or permission to ship. Confirm the classification against the full official text.