Export Control Summary

1C018 Commercial Charges and Devices containing energetic materials on the International Munitions List -- Updated 1/7/05

National security NS(1), Anti Terrorism AT(1), Missle Technology MT(1), UN sanctions (Iraq & Rwanda)

Commercial charges and devices containing energetic materials on the International Munitions List. Applicability of this classification is determined by the amount of controlled materials the device contains.

2. Do not include the mass of aluminum powder, potassium perchlorate, and any of the substances listed in the note to the USML (see 22 CFR 121.1 Category V) (such as ammonium pictrate, black powder, etc.) when calculating the mass of the device.

3. Does not apply to Commercial charges and devices containing energetic materials, n.e.s. (see 1C992).

Boosters (including bi-directional boosters) containing 1000 – 5000 grams of controlled materials

Cutters (all styles including SplitShot™, segmented, wafer) containing 3500.1 – 10000 grams controlled materials

Pellets (segments, cartridges) containing 1000 – 5000 grams controlled materials

Perforators containing 90.1 – 2000 grams controlled materials and with liner angle £ 90° and case diameter £ 4.5”

Power charges containing 700.1 – 1000 grams of controlled materials in the formulation (none in OOT power charges)

BIS license required. BIS exercises a general policy of denial for these countries:

OFAC license required. OFAC exercises a general policy of denial for these countries:

1C992 Commercial charges and devices containing energetic materials, n.e.s. and nitrogen trifluoride in a gaseous state -- Updated 1/7/05

Commercial charges and devices not controlled under 1C018, Applicability of this classification is determined by the amount of controlled materials the device contains.

Boosters (including bi-directional boosters) containing £ 1000 controlled materials

Cutters (all styles including SplitShot™, segmented, wafer) containing £ 3500 grams controlled materials

Perforators containing 10.1 - 90 grams controlled materials and with liner angle £ 90° and case diameter £ 4.5”

Perforators containing £ 10 grams controlled materials regardless of liner angle and/or case diameter

Power charges containing £ 700 grams of controlled materials in the formulation (none in OOT power charges)

BIS license required. BIS exercises a general policy of denial for these countries:

OFAC license required. OFAC exercises a general policy of denial for these countries:

Controls:

Nuclear Nonproliferation NP(1), Anti Terrorism AT(1)

Applies to following products:

1) Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive multiple controlled detonators controlled by 3A232;

2) Modular electrical pulse generators (pulsers) designed for portable, mobile or ruggedized use (including xenon flash-lamp drivers) having all the following characteristics:

a) Capable of delivering their energy in less than 15 microsecond;

b) Having an output greater than 100 A;

c) Having a rise time of less than 10 microsecond into loads of less than 40 ohms (rise time is the time interval from 10% to 90% current amplitude when driving a resistive load);

d) Enclosed in a dust-tight enclosure;

e) No dimension greater than 254 mm;

f) Weight less than 25 kg; and

g) Specified for use over an extended temperature range 223 K (-50 deg. C) to 373 K (100 deg. C) or specified as suitable for aerospace use.

OOT products included:

EFI firing sets, shooting boxes, controllers, etc.

Ecosse PX-1 firesets

Products containing any of the above as integral components

License exceptions:

None

NLR (No license required):

Eligible countries:

Any country except those listed under “No exports allowed” and “IVL required”

No exports allowed (ineligible for LVS, NLR, etc.):

BIS license required. BIS exercises a general policy of denial for this country:

Cuba (746.1(a)(1), 746.2)

OFAC license required. OFAC exercises a general policy of denial for these countries:

Iran (746.7)

~~Iraq (746.3)~~ deleted 1/7/05

Libya (746.1(a)(1), 746.4)

IVL required:

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3A232 Detonators and multipoint initiation systems -- UPDATED 1/7/05 (IVL Required list updated)

Controls:

Nuclear Nonproliferation NP(1), Anti Terrorism AT(1)

Definition:

The detonators of concern all utilize a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire or foil) that explosively vaporizes when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it. In nonslapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high-explosive material such as PETN (Pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporization of the elec