3E001 Category 3E

“Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of commodities controlled by 3A (except 3A069, 3A901, 3A904, 3A980, 3A981, 3A991, 3A992, or 3A999), 3B (except 3B001.a.4, c, d, f.1, f.5, k to n, p.2, p.4, r, 3B002.c, 3B903, 3B904, 3B991, 3B992, 3B993, or 3B994) or 3C (except 3C907, 3C908, 3C909, or 3C992).

Category 3: Electronics

Reasons for control

NS: National security
MT: Missile technology
NP: Nuclear nonproliferation
RS: Regional stability
AT: Anti-terrorism

Country chart

Control	Column
AT applies to entire entry	AT 1
MT applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001 or 3A101 for MT Reasons	MT 1
NP applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001, 3A201, or 3A225 to 3A234 for NP reasons	NP 1
NS applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001, 3A002, 3A003, 3B001 (except as noted in the heading), 3B002 (except 3B002.c), or 3C001 to 3C006	NS 1
RS applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001.a.15 or b.13, 3A004, 3B003, 3C007, 3C008, or 3C009	RS 2
RS applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001.z, 3A090 (except for 3A090.c)	None
RS applies to “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A090.c	None
RS applies to “technology” for commodities controlled in 3A090, when exported from Macau or a destination specified in Country Group D:5	None

List-based license exceptions

Exception	As stated in the entry
STA	License Exception STA may not be used to ship or transmit “technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by ECCNs 3A002.g.1 or 3B001.a.2 to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:6 (see supplement no.1 to part 740 of the EAR). License Exception STA may not be used to ship or transmit “technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of components specified by ECCN 3A001.b.2, b.3, commodities specified in 3A090, to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:5 or A:6 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR).
TSR	Yes, except N/A for MT, and “technology” for the “development” or “production” of: (a) vacuum electronic device amplifiers described in 3A001.b.8, having operating frequencies exceeding 19 GHz; (b) solar cells, coverglass-interconnect-cells or covered-interconnect-cells (CIC) “assemblies,” solar arrays and/or solar panels described in 3A001.e.4; (c) “Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit” (“MMIC”) amplifiers in 3A001.b.2; (d) discrete microwave transistors in 3A001.b.3; and (e) commodities described in 3A090. IEC: Yes, for “technology” for equipment controlled by 3B001.q, see § 740.2(a)(22) and § 740.24 of the EAR. Special Conditions for Strategic Trade Authorization (STA)

Exception

As stated in the entry

STA

License Exception STA may not be used to ship or transmit “technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by ECCNs 3A002.g.1 or 3B001.a.2 to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:6 (see supplement no.1 to part 740 of the EAR). License Exception STA may not be used to ship or transmit “technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of components specified by ECCN 3A001.b.2, b.3, commodities specified in 3A090, to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:5 or A:6 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR).

TSR

Yes, except N/A for MT, and “technology” for the “development” or “production” of: (a) vacuum electronic device amplifiers described in 3A001.b.8, having operating frequencies exceeding 19 GHz; (b) solar cells, coverglass-interconnect-cells or covered-interconnect-cells (CIC) “assemblies,” solar arrays and/or solar panels described in 3A001.e.4; (c) “Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit” (“MMIC”) amplifiers in 3A001.b.2; (d) discrete microwave transistors in 3A001.b.3; and (e) commodities described in 3A090. IEC: Yes, for “technology” for equipment controlled by 3B001.q, see § 740.2(a)(22) and § 740.24 of the EAR. Special Conditions for Strategic Trade Authorization (STA)

Items

Related Definition: N/A.
Items: The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN heading.

Related controls

(1) “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of certain “space-qualified” atomic frequency standards described in Category XV(e)(9), MMICs described in Category XV(e)(14), and oscillators described in Category XV(e)(15) of the USML are “subject to the ITAR” (see 22 CFR parts 120 through 130). See also ECCNs 3E101, 3E201 and 9E515. (2) “Technology” for “development” or “production” of “Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits” (“MMIC”) amplifiers in 3A001.b.2 is controlled in this ECCN 3E001; 5E001.d refers only to that additional “technology” “required” for telecommunications.

Notes

License Requirements Note: See § 744.17 of the EAR for additional license requirements for microprocessors having a processing speed of 5 GFLOPS or more and an arithmetic logic unit with an access width of 32 bit or more, including those incorporating “information security” functionality, and associated “software” and “technology” for the “production” or “development” of such microprocessors.

Note: See § 740.2(a)(9)(ii) of the EAR for license exception restrictions for ECCN 3E001 “technology” for commodities controlled by 3A001.z, 3A090.

Note 1: 3E001 does not control “technology” for equipment or “components” controlled by 3A003.

Note 2: 3E001 does not control “technology” for integrated circuits controlled by 3A001.a.3 to a.14 or z, having all of the following: (a) Using “technology” at or above 0.130 µm; and (b) Incorporating multi-layer structures with three or fewer metal layers.

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