0A604 Category 0A

Commodities related to military explosive devices and charges (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 0: Nuclear Materials, Facilities, and Equipment, Firearms, Ammunition [and Miscellaneous Items]

Reasons for control

• NS: National security
• RS: Regional stability
• AT: Anti-terrorism
• UN

Country chart

List-based license exceptions

Items

1. Items: a. Demolition blocks, and detonators designed, modified, or adapted therefor.
2. b. Military explosive excavating devices.
3. c. Smoke hand grenades and stun hand grenades (e.g., “flashbangs”) not controlled by ECCN 1A984.
4. d. through w. [Reserved]
5. x. “Parts,” “components,” “accessories,” and “attachments” that are “specially designed” for a commodity subject to control in paragraphs .a through .c of this ECCN, or for a defense article controlled under USML Category IV, and not specified elsewhere on the USML.

Related controls

(1) Torpedoes, bombs, and mines are “subject to the ITAR” (see 22 CFR § 121.1, USML Category IV). (2) Smoke bombs, non-irritant smoke flares, canisters, grenades and charges, and other pyrotechnical articles having both military and commercial applications are controlled by ECCN 1A984. (3) Certain explosive detonator firing sets, electrically driven explosive detonators, and detonators and multipoint initiation systems are controlled by ECCN 1A007 or ECCN 3A232. (4) See ECCN 0A919 for foreign-made “military commodities” that incorporate more than a de minimis amount of U.S.-origin “600 series” controlled content.

Notes

Note to 0A604.a and .b: This entry does not control the detonators and other items described in ECCN 1A007 or ECCN 3A232.

Note to 0A604.x: “Parts,” “components,” “accessories,” and “attachments” specified in USML Category IV(h) are subject to the controls of that paragraph

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.