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§ 120.54

Activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports

ITAR · Part 120 · Subpart C

A short, important list of activities ITAR does not treat as an export (or reexport/retransfer/temporary import). It includes launching a spacecraft, transmitting encrypted technical data when the encryption meets specified conditions, and certain transfers to or for the U.S. Government. Do not analogize from this list — if the activity is not enumerated here, the ordinary definition in §§ 120.50–120.53 applies.

Effective 2026-10-13 — § 120.54(a)(8)–(9) (FR 2026-17660, as corrected by FR 2026-18914)

Live eCFR § 120.54(a)(8)–(9) (in force 2026-10-13 per State IFR FR 2026-17660, 91 FR 55457, § 120.54 at 91 FR 55460; § 120.54 instruction corrected by FR 2026-18914, 91 FR 58610) excludes specified reexport and temporary import of secured ASE in certain survivability-enhanced civil aircraft from the definitions of export, reexport, retransfer, and temporary import. These exclusions do not authorize ASE defense services or technical data release. Navigational aid — not legal advice.

eCFR (primary) · 22 CFR § 120.54(a)(8)–(9)91 FR 55457 (FR Doc. 2026-17660)91 FR 58610 (FR Doc. 2026-18914) — corrects § 120.54 instruction

The encryption carve-out is technical and easy to misapply. Read it before treating a TLS upload as “not an export.”
U.S. Government transfers more often rely on § 126.4 than on this section.

eCFR (primary) · § 120.54 91 FR 55457 (FR Doc. 2026-17660) — provenance for (a)(8)–(9)

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§ 120.50 § 126.4 § 125.4 Cat. VIII § 120.11