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USML Classification

Purpose: Use this job aid to help determine whether a particular export item falls under the jurisdiction of ITAR.

The USML is given as Part 121 of ITAR. It classifies the items listed under 21 categories.

The USML categories
Category number Category
I Firearms, close assault weapons, and combat shotguns
II Guns and armament
III Ammunitions and ordinance
IV Launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, and mines
V Explosive and energetic materials, propellants, incendiary agents, and their constituents
VI Vessels of war and special naval equipment
VII Tanks and military vehicles
VIII Aircraft and associated equipment
IX Military training equipment
X Protective personnel equipment
XI Military electronics
XII Fire control, range finder, optical, and guidance and control equipment
XIII Auxiliary military equipment
XIV Toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents, and associated equipment
XV Spacecraft systems and associated equipment
XVI Nuclear weapons and design and testing-related items
XVII Classified articles, technical data, and defense services not otherwise enumerated
XVIII Directed energy weapons
XIX Reserved
XX Submersible vessels and oceanographic and associated equipment
XXI Miscellaneous articles

Course: US Export Controls
Topic: Classifying an Export