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ECCN reference · Category 8: Marine

ECCN 8A002

Marine systems, equipment, "parts" and "components," as follows

Systems, equipment and components. Reasons for control: NS (National security), AT (Anti-terrorism).

Does 8A002 need a license to your country?

Enter the full classification (for example 8A002.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.

  • NS (National security): NS applies to entire entry.
    Country Chart column NS2: a license is needed to 156 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, Brazil, 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, Cyprus, 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, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, 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, Serbia, 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, Ukraine, 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: $5000; N/A for 8A002.o.3.b
  • GBS: Yes for manipulators for civil end uses (e.g., underwater oil, gas or mining operations) controlled by 8A002.i.2 and having 5 degrees of freedom of movement; and 8A002.r.
  • Special Conditions for STA
  • STA: License Exception STA may not be used to ship any commodity in 8A002.b, h, j, o.3, or p to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:6 (See Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the EAR).

Items in 8A002

The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 8A002.a.

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  • 8A002.a Systems, equipment, "parts" and "components," "specially designed" or modified for submersible vehicles and designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000 m, as follows:
  • 8A002.a.1 Pressure housings or pressure hulls with a maximum inside chamber diameter exceeding 1.5 m;
  • 8A002.a.2 Direct current propulsion motors or thrusters;
  • 8A002.a.3 Umbilical cables, and connectors therefor, using optical fiber and having synthetic strength members;
  • 8A002.a.4 "Parts" and "components" manufactured from material specified by ECCN 8C001;
  • 8A002.b Systems "specially designed" or modified for the automated control of the motion of submersible vehicles controlled by 8A001, using navigation data, having closed loop servo-controls and having any of the following:
  • 8A002.b.1 Enabling a vehicle to move within 10 m of a predetermined point in the water column;
  • 8A002.b.2 Maintaining the position of the vehicle within 10 m of a predetermined point in the water column; or
  • 8A002.b.3 Maintaining the position of the vehicle within 10 m while following a cable on or under the seabed;
  • 8A002.c Fiber optic pressure hull penetrators;
  • 8A002.d Underwater vision systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.d.1 "Specially designed" or modified for remote operation with an underwater vehicle; and
  • 8A002.d.2 Employing any of the following techniques to minimize the effects of back scatter:
  • 8A002.d.2.a Range-gated illuminators; or
  • 8A002.d.2.b Range-gated "laser" systems;
  • 8A002.g Light systems "specially designed" or modified for underwater use, as follows:
  • 8A002.g.1 Stroboscopic light systems capable of a light output energy of more than 300 J per flash and a flash rate of more than 5 flashes per second;
  • 8A002.g.2 Argon arc light systems "specially designed" for use below 1,000 m;
  • 8A002.h "Robots" "specially designed" for underwater use, controlled by using a dedicated computer and having any of the following:
  • 8A002.h.1 Systems that control the "robot" using information from sensors which measure force or torque applied to an external object, distance to an external object, or tactile sense between the "robot" and an external object; or
  • 8A002.h.2 The ability to exert a force of 250 N or more or a torque of 250 Nm or more and using titanium based alloys or "composite" "fibrous or filamentary materials" in their structural members;
  • 8A002.i Remotely controlled articulated manipulators "specially designed" or modified for use with submersible vehicles and having any of the following:
  • 8A002.i.1 Systems which control the manipulator using information from sensors which measure any of the following:
  • 8A002.i.1.a Torque or force applied to an external object; or
  • 8A002.i.1.b Tactile sense between the manipulator and an external object; or
  • 8A002.i.2 Controlled by proportional master-slave techniques and having 5 degrees of 'freedom of movement' or more;
  • 8A002.j Air independent power systems "specially designed" for underwater use, as follows:
  • 8A002.j.1 Brayton or Rankine cycle engine air independent power systems having any of the following:
  • 8A002.j.1.a Chemical scrubber or absorber systems, "specially designed" to remove carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulates from recirculated engine exhaust;
  • 8A002.j.1.b Systems "specially designed" to use a monoatomic gas;
  • 8A002.j.1.c Devices or enclosures, "specially designed" for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; or
  • 8A002.j.1.d Systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.j.1.d.1 "Specially designed" to pressurize the products of reaction or for fuel reformation;
  • 8A002.j.1.d.2 "Specially designed" to store the products of the reaction; and
  • 8A002.j.1.d.3 "Specially designed" to discharge the products of the reaction against a pressure of 100 kPa or more;
  • 8A002.j.2 Diesel cycle engine air independent systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.j.2.a Chemical scrubber or absorber systems, "specially designed" to remove carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulates from recirculated engine exhaust;
  • 8A002.j.2.b Systems "specially designed" to use a monoatomic gas;
  • 8A002.j.2.c Devices or enclosures, "specially designed" for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; and
  • 8A002.j.2.d "Specially designed" exhaust systems that do not exhaust continuously the products of combustion;
  • 8A002.j.3 "Fuel cell" air independent power systems with an output exceeding 2 kW and having any of the following:
  • 8A002.j.3.a Devices or enclosures, "specially designed" for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; or
  • 8A002.j.3.b Systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.j.3.b.1 "Specially designed" to pressurize the products of reaction or for fuel reformation;
  • 8A002.j.3.b.2 "Specially designed" to store the products of the reaction; and
  • 8A002.j.3.b.3 "Specially designed" to discharge the products of the reaction against a pressure of 100 kPa or more;
  • 8A002.j.4 Stirling cycle engine air independent power systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.j.4.a Devices or enclosures, "specially designed" for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; and
  • 8A002.j.4.b "Specially designed" exhaust systems which discharge the products of combustion against a pressure of 100 kPa or more;
  • 8A002.o Propellers, power transmission systems, power generation systems and noise reduction systems, as follows:
  • 8A002.o.2 Water-screw propeller, power generation systems or transmission systems, designed for use on vessels, as follows:
  • 8A002.o.2.a Controllable-pitch propellers and hub assemblies, rated at more than 30 MW;
  • 8A002.o.2.b Internally liquid-cooled electric propulsion motors with a power output exceeding 2.5 MW;
  • 8A002.o.2.c "Superconductive" propulsion motors with a power output exceeding 0.1 MW;
  • 8A002.o.2.d Power transmission shaft systems incorporating "composite" material "parts" or "components" and capable of transmitting more than 2 MW;
  • 8A002.o.2.e Ventilated or base-ventilated propeller systems, rated at more than 2.5 MW;
  • 8A002.o.3 Noise reduction systems designed for use on vessels of 1,000 tonnes displacement or more, as follows:
  • 8A002.o.3.a Systems that attenuate underwater noise at frequencies below 500 Hz and consist of compound acoustic mounts for the acoustic isolation of diesel engines, diesel generator sets, gas turbines, gas turbine generator sets, propulsion motors or propulsion reduction gears, "specially designed" for sound or vibration isolation and having an intermediate mass exceeding 30% of the equipment to be mounted;
  • 8A002.o.3.b 'Active noise reduction or cancellation systems' or magnetic bearings, "specially designed" for power transmission systems;
  • 8A002.o.4 Permanent magnet electric propulsion motors "specially designed" for submersible vehicles, having a power output exceeding 0.1 MW.
  • 8A002.p Pumpjet propulsion systems having all of the following:
  • 8A002.p.1 Power output exceeding 2.5 MW; and
  • 8A002.p.2 Using divergent nozzle and flow conditioning vane techniques to improve propulsive efficiency or reduce propulsion-generated underwater-radiated noise;
  • 8A002.q Underwater swimming and diving equipment as follows;
  • 8A002.q.1 Closed circuit rebreathers;
  • 8A002.q.2 Semi-closed circuit rebreathers;
  • 8A002.r Diver deterrent acoustic systems "specially designed" or modified to disrupt divers and having a sound pressure level equal to or exceeding 190 dB (reference 1 µPa at 1 m) at frequencies of 200 Hz and below.

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.