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DDTC Updates Guidelines for Exporting, Importing Firearms and Munitions

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls released a new set of guidelines (here) for the export or temporary import of firearms and munitions on U.S. Munitions List categories I AND III, as updated this month. The guidelines include…

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the forms and accompanying documents for such transactions, as well as information on registration, exemptions, on-line resources, and Congressional notification. Any person who engages in the U.S. in the business of manufacturing or exporting defense articles, defense services, or related technical data is required to register with the U.S. Department of State. Registration does not confer any export rights or privileges, but it is a precondition to the issuance of any license or other approval for export, it said. It also said a number of documents, services, and links are now available online at the DDTC website, www.pmddtc.state.gov.