3A232 Category 3A
Detonators and multipoint initiation systems, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
Category 3: Electronics
Reasons for control
- AT: Anti-terrorism
- RS: Regional stability
- foreign policy
Country chart
| Control | Column |
|---|---|
| Russian industry sector sanctions apply to entire entry | None |
| AT applies to entire entry | AT 1 |
| NP applies to entire entry | NP 1 |
List-based license exceptions
Items
- ECCN Controls: This entry does not control detonators using only primary explosives, such as lead azide.
- a. [Reserved]
- b. Arrangements using single or multiple detonators designed to nearly simultaneously initiate an explosive surface over an area greater than 5,000 mm 2 from a single firing signal with an initiation timing spread over the surface of less than 2.5 µs.
Related controls
(1) See ECCNs 0A604 and 1A007 for electrically driven explosive detonators. (2) See ECCNs 3E001 (“development” and “production”) and 3E201 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. (3) High explosives and related equipment for military use are “subject to the ITAR” (see 22 CFR parts 120 through 130).
Notes
Technical Note: The word initiator is sometimes used in place of the word detonator.
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.