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§ 121.1

The United States Munitions List

ITAR · Part 121

The operative list. Twenty-one categories, each built from enumerated paragraphs, notes, and (in most categories) a paragraph (x) for EAR items exported with a defense article on the same State license. A USML hit ends the classification; there is no “also check the CCL.” Changes are published in the Federal Register and are not effective until the amendment is in force.

Walk the category that matches the article’s general characteristics, then match an enumerated paragraph before any “specially designed” catch-all.
Notes are operative. Many Export Control Reform “moves” to Commerce are implemented as notes, not as deletions of the category title.
Category XXI is a DDTC residual designation for articles, technical data, and defense services not otherwise enumerated. It is not Category XVII (classified not-otherwise-enumerated) and it is not a self-classification dumping ground.

eCFR (primary) · § 121.1 LII (secondary, unofficial)

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Cat. I Cat. II Cat. III Cat. IV Cat. V Cat. VI Cat. VII Cat. VIII Cat. IX Cat. X Cat. XI Cat. XII Cat. XIII Cat. XIV Cat. XV Cat. XVI Cat. XVII Cat. XVIII Cat. XIX Cat. XX Cat. XXI

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§ 121.0 § 120.10 § 120.11 § 120.41 § 120.2 § 123.1