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Export Controls
Export restrictions matched to the chips and facilities they reach, and to semiconductor trade before and after each action.
26 regulatory actions across three regimes
Entries by lane · top to bottomUnited States · 24Netherlands / EU · 5Japan · 3
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Restrictive measures, proposals and guidance, including designations, licence requirements and tariffs.
4
Relaxations: non-enforcement, a suspension, an easing of licence review, a country-group move.
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Framework entries: statutes, government plans and voluntary guidance.
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Analyst publication, kept as context for the diversion corridor. It is not an act of any government and is not counted among the 26 regulatory actions.
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Faded marks: 2 superseded or suspended entries and 3 proposals. Their direction describes the change proposed or previously made.
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Pairs of entries in different regimes dated within 90 days of each other; 6 of them fall within 30 and are drawn heavier. They involve 15 of the 32 and fall between September 2024 and November 2025. Each pair is named beneath the caption.
Plate IV. Fill records direction: solid for a restriction, open for a relaxation, slate for a framework. The outlined square is the analyst publication; faded squares are proposals, or measures since superseded or suspended. Each mark sits at its effective date where the record has one, otherwise at the date its source gives; where a Federal Register publication date differs, the register prints both. Marks too close to separate stack vertically, and vertical position carries nothing else. A line joins two entries in different regimes dated within 90 days of each other, drawn heavier within 30 days; the line records the interval and nothing about intent. The axis runs from 1 January 2019 to 9 September 2026, and the latest entry is dated 10 July 2026. Every mark links to its entry in the register.
The 20 pairs, tightest first: 6 within 30 days, the other 14 between 31 and 90. A pair is two entries from different regimes whose plotted dates fall within 90 days of each other; the interval is all the pairing measures.
Regimes with recorded entries concerning each technology. Entries include proposals and publications; a mark does not establish an operative export restriction.
Technology
United States
Netherlands / EU
Japan
Entry recorded for this technology
EUV Lithography
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Entry recorded
Entry recorded
The Dutch block on ASML’s EUV shipments to China predates 2019; SMIC’s December 2020 Entity List entry placed EUV technology under a presumption of denial; Japan’s July 2023 list of 23 equipment items includes lithography equipment. ASML’s 2025 annual report records that its EUV systems require export licences under Dutch, US and other law. SMIC designation, December 2020 · METI, August 2023, p. 2 · ASML 2025 annual report, p. 66
Advanced DUV Lithography
No matching entry in this docket
Entry recorded
No matching entry in this docket
The Netherlands extended its national licensing measure to further advanced DUV equipment from 7 September 2024; covered exports outside the EU need case-by-case authorisation. Dutch government, September 2024
Advanced AI Chips
Entry recorded
No matching entry in this docket
Entry recorded
US controls on advanced computing ICs date from October 2022 and were recast on the Total Processing Performance metric in October 2023; the January 2026 rule opened case-by-case review for qualifying exports from the United States to China and Macau, bounded by TPP and DRAM-bandwidth ceilings and by certifications. Japan’s square rests on its January 2025 consultation, which proposed controls on chips as well as equipment. October 2022 rule · January 2026 rule, §742.6 and supplement 2 to part 748 · METI consultation, January 2025
HBM Memory
Entry recorded
No matching entry in this docket
No matching entry in this docket
The December 2024 US rule added ECCN 3A090.c for HBM with memory-bandwidth density above 2 GB/s/mm²; classification also turns on packaging, with an exception for certain memory co-packaged with a processing unit. December 2024 rule, ECCN 3A090.c
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Entry recorded
Entry recorded
Entry recorded
The October 2022 US rule added licence requirements for equipment used in advanced-node production in China; Japan added 23 equipment items to its control list in July 2023; the Dutch measure, begun in September 2023, expanded to specified measuring and inspection equipment from 1 April 2025. October 2022 rule · METI, August 2023, p. 2 · Dutch government, January 2025
EDA Software
Entry recorded
Entry recorded
Entry recorded
The December 2024 US rule reaches ECAD and TCAD software and technology subject to the EAR where there is knowledge that it will be used to design advanced-node ICs for subsequent production in Macau or Country Group D:5. The Dutch and Japanese squares rest on narrower items: the April 2025 Dutch annex lists computational-lithography software (3D809), and Japan’s January 2025 consultation proposed controls on design software. December 2024 rule, §744.23(a)(2)(iii) · Dutch measure, April 2025 version · METI consultation, January 2025
Cloud Compute Access
Entry recorded
No matching entry in this docket
No matching entry in this docket
The January 2026 licensing pathway attaches conditions to IaaS providers and remote users. The Remote Access Security Act, passed by the House on 12 January 2026 and referred to the Senate the next day, would extend export-control authority to remote access by foreign persons where the Secretary finds a serious national-security or foreign-policy risk. January 2026 rule, supplement 2 to part 748 · House-passed bill · Bill status, checked 7 September 2026
AI Models
No matching entry in this docket
Entry recorded
No matching entry in this docket
The EU AI Act’s general-purpose AI obligations have applied since 2 August 2025, with training compute above 10²⁵ FLOP presumed to confer high-impact capabilities under the systemic-risk provisions; the Commission’s voluntary Code of Practice of 10 July 2025 is one route to demonstrating compliance. Both govern placing models on the EU market; neither is an export licence requirement. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 · GPAI obligations, Commission factpage · Code of Practice, July 2025
CoverageA square marks a regime with at least one docket entry naming the technology, at any legal stage; a dot marks none. The note under each row says which entries the squares rest on. Presence in the docket is all a square records; effectiveness is not assessed here.
Selected measures
Summaries of the dated measures in the register, by regime; they are not a consolidated statement of current law.
United States
The advanced-computing rules of October 2022 and October 2023, the December 2024 expansion, and the Entity List and foreign-direct-product designations are recorded as current. On top of them, the January 2026 rule opened case-by-case review for qualifying exports from the United States to China and Macau (the rule names the H200 and MI325X), subject to technical ceilings and certifications; the July 2026 UAE rule gives licence relief where the ultimate consignee and every end user hold Supplement 8 approval, with Part 744 controls intact; and a January 2026 proclamation imposed a 25% duty on specified imported chips, with exclusions for designated US uses.
Latest entryUAE A:5 and conditional advanced-computing relief · July 10, 2026
To follow
The Affiliates Rule returns on 10 November 2026 under the November 2025 suspension, absent an extension.
Applications for approved-IC-designer status are due by 31 December 2026 under the April 2026 extension.
The Chip Security Act, ordered reported in committee, and the Remote Access Security Act, referred to the Senate, are pending legislation.
Netherlands / EU
The Dutch government’s informal block on EUV shipments to China predates 2019. Its national equipment measure began in September 2023 and expanded in September 2024 to further DUV equipment and in April 2025 to specified measuring and inspection equipment and related software; covered exports outside the EU need case-by-case authorisation. Separately, the EU AI Act’s general-purpose AI obligations have applied since 2 August 2025, and the Commission’s July 2025 Code of Practice is a voluntary route to demonstrating compliance.
Latest entryGPAI Code of Practice published · July 10, 2025
Japan
Japan added 23 semiconductor-manufacturing equipment items to its control list in July 2023. METI’s January 2025 consultation proposed further controls on equipment, design software, materials and chips; the e-Gov docket records promulgation on 28 March 2025 with revisions, and the final scope and commencement are not recorded here. Revised complementary export controls took effect on 9 October 2025.
Latest entryRevised complementary export controls · October 9, 2025
To follow
The implementing text of the March 2025 promulgation would settle the scope and commencement the consultation left open.
The docket
OrderingNewest first, grouped by year, every year collapsible. Each mark on Plate IV links to its entry here; dates are printed in the form the source uses, with the Federal Register publication date beside it where the two differ.
— 24 earlier entries are folded by year. Printing opens them automatically.
· 8 entries
United StatesJuly 10, 2026 · published 14 Jul 2026
Effective 10 July 2026, BIS moved the UAE from Country Groups D:3/D:4 to A:5. Advanced-computing license relief requires the ultimate consignee and all end users to have the specified Supplement 8 approval; Part 744 end-use and end-user controls still apply.
Continued
The rule separately extends STA eligibility under its stated recipient conditions.
91 FR 43034 (2026-14132) · Federal Register; BIS press release (July 10, 2026) · primary source
Analyst publication · Published · Analyst publication (Tier 3) — disclosed short position
TechnologiesAdvanced AI Chips · Cloud Compute Access
Culper Research’s 40-page short thesis alleges that Nvidia continues to serve Chinese GPU demand through Southeast Asian intermediaries (Megaspeed International Pte. Ltd. and Speedmatrix Sdn. Bhd., funded through an Apex Enterprise Solutions (Singapore), Cloud Intelligence (Cayman) and Alibaba Group chain; Aolani; Novagate Cloud; Siam AI Corporation; OBON Corp) and through what it characterises as rebranding to evade designation (Inspur Systems Inc. renamed Aivres Systems Inc. in May 2023, two months after its parent Inspur Group was added to the Entity List).
Continued
It treats the March 2026 Liaw indictment, the Super Micro and OBON Corp corridor, as one corridor among several. Scrutica’s corporate-ownership data corroborates the ownership links the thesis names where that data covers them; the diversion inference remains the thesis’s own, at tier 3.
Extends by about eight months the triggering date for authorized IC designer status and the deadline to apply for approved IC designer status under the January 2025 due-diligence architecture.
Continued
Applications must be received by December 31, 2026; applicants may then be considered authorized IC designers for 180 days. The rule lists no entities and changes no ECCN; it administers the approved-designer and approved-OSAT machinery on which the licensing presumptions for packaged advanced ICs turn.
91 FR 17851 (2026-06851) · Federal Register · primary source
Bill — not law · Restriction · Not in force · Proposed Legislation (Committee Passed)
TechnologiesAdvanced AI Chips
The House Foreign Affairs Committee ordered an amended H.R. 3447 reported on 26 March 2026, 42–0. CBO describes a proposal to require security mechanisms for specified chip exports; possible mechanisms include on-site audits, legal attestations and location trackers.
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GovInfo’s status record, checked 7 September 2026, lists that committee action as the latest action.
H.R. 3447 (119th Congress), as ordered reported · CBO, 1 May 2026; GovInfo bill status · primary source · Bill status
Enforcement action · Restriction · Published · DOJ Indictment
TechnologiesAdvanced AI Chips
Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, Ruei-Tsang Chang and Ting-Wei Sun were charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to smuggle goods and to defraud the United States; Chang remains a fugitive.
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The indictment alleges that a pass-through company bought approximately $2.5 billion of servers from an unnamed publicly traded US manufacturer in 2024 and 2025, and that at least approximately $510 million worth was diverted to China between late April and mid-May 2025 using false documents, staged dummy servers and transshipment. Press reporting identified the manufacturer as Super Micro and Liaw as its co-founder; Liaw pleaded not guilty on 1 April 2026.
The proclamation signed on 14 January 2026 imposed a 25% additional import duty on specified advanced computing chips and derivative products from 15 January. Its exclusions include designated US data-center, research, repair and other domestic uses.
Continued
The immediate duty does not cover all semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
White House proclamation, 14 January 2026, clause 3 · primary source
The January 2026 rule permits case-by-case review of qualifying exports from the United States to China or Macau with TPP below 21,000 and total DRAM bandwidth below 6,500 GB/s, subject to certification requirements. It names H200 and MI325X as examples.
Continued
Other applications within the provision, including reexports and in-country transfers, remain subject to a presumption of denial.
91 FR 1684 (2026-00789) · Federal Register; BIS press release (Jan 2026) · primary source
Bill — not law · Restriction · Not in force · Proposed Legislation (House Passed)
TechnologiesCloud Compute Access
H.R. 2683 passed the House on 12 January 2026, 369–22. It would extend ECRA authority to remote access by foreign persons where the Secretary determines a serious national-security or foreign-policy risk.
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GovInfo’s status record, checked 7 September 2026, lists referral to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on 13 January as its latest action.
H.R. 2683 (119th Congress), House-passed text · GovInfo House-passed text; House Clerk roll call 13; GovInfo bill status · primary source · House vote · Bill status
Over the trailing 24 months BIS published 55 rules, 12 touching the advanced-computing regime and 22 changing Entity List membership or its mechanics. Licence-review policy, designer and foundry obligations and country-group placement change through rules that list no names, so Entity List additions alone understate how often the regime moves. Rules in those two classes appear in full below; the rest of the window follows in order as single rows, each with its subject label.
Checked against the Federal Register rule docket 9 Sept 2026 · no BIS rule since 28 Aug 2026. Newest Entity List membership action: 21 Aug 2026.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing two addresses associated with Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. from the Entity List under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China). This determination follows the removal from the Entity List of Arrow China Electronics Trading Co., Ltd., and the removal of six aliases for Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. in November 2025.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing one entity from the Entity List under the destination of Turkey.
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to provide enhanced favorable treatment for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Specifically, BIS is removing the UAE from Country Groups D:3 and D:4 and adding the UAE to Country Group A:5. More license exceptions will now be available, including Strategic Trade Authorization (STA) for the UAE Government and approved commercial entities in the UAE. STA will authorize the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of military items; certain commercial satellites and spacecraft; and dual-use items useful in, inter alia, oil and gas production, desalination, and civil nuclear power generation. The UAE Government and approved commercial entities will also have license-free access to advanced computing items, consistent with the May 2025 U.S.-UAE Artificial Intelligence Cooperation framework, without compromising U.S. digital infrastructure buildout.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by extending by about eight months the triggering date for authorized integrated circuit designer status and submission date for applications to become an approved integrated circuit (IC) designer. The new date is December 31, 2026.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is revising its license review policy for exports of certain semiconductors to China and Macau--changing it from a presumption of denial to a case-by-case review. The semiconductors covered by this rule are the Nvidia H200 and its equivalents, as well as less advanced chips--provided that (1) the semiconductors are commercially available in the United States at the time of publication of this rule and (2) the exporter certifies that: there is sufficient supply of this product in the United States; production of this product for exports to China will not divert global foundry capacity for similar or more advanced products for end users in the United States; the recipient has demonstrated sufficient security procedures; and the item undergoes independent, third-party testing in the United States to verify its performance specifications.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is removing one entity from the Entity List under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China). BIS is also removing six aliases associated with a different entity on the Entity List under the destination of China. BIS has determined, based on the review of additional information, that the entities do not pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposes a one-year suspension of the interim final rule, "Expansion of End-User Controls to Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities,". The suspension is set to end November 9, 2026, absent a future extension.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 29 entries (26 entities and 3 addresses) to the Entity List under the destinations of People's Republic of China (China) (19), Turkey (9), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
In this interim final rule (IFR), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to address diversion concerns involving entities on the Entity List and certain other restricted end users. Under this IFR, any entity that is at least 50 percent owned by one or more entities on the Entity List will itself automatically be subject to Entity List restrictions. This is a marked improvement over the current standard, which excludes all entities that are not specifically included on the Entity List, regardless of affiliation with Entity List entities. This IFR similarly applies restrictions to entities at least 50 percent owned by listed `military end users' and certain sanctioned parties. The 50 percent ownership standard in this IFR is designed to be consistent with longstanding Department of the Treasury practice, so as to limit the additional burden on the business community.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 32 entities to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China) (23), India, (1), Iran (1), Singapore (1), Taiwan (1), Turkey (3), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (2). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. This final rule revises an entry by removing two addresses from one entity under the destination of Russia. Finally, this rule amends 27 existing entries on the Entity List to correct typographical errors under the following destinations: Belarus (3), China (11), Iran (1), Pakistan (1), Russia (9), and Turkey (2).
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the existing Validated End-User (VEU) Authorizations list for the People's Republic of China (PRC) by removing Intel Semiconductor (Dalian) Ltd; Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd; and SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 18 persons to the Unverified List (UVL). Of the 18 persons being added: five are under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China); six are under the destination of Finland; three are under the destination of T[uuml]rkiye; two are under the destination of Kazakhstan; one is under the destination of Italy; and one is under the destination of the United Kingdom. BIS is also amending the EAR by removing five persons from the UVL. Of the five persons being removed, three are under the destination of China and two are under the destination of the United Arab Emirates.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 12 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (11) and Taiwan (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 70 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (42); Iran (2); Pakistan (19); South Africa (3); and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (4). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. This final rule also modifies four existing entries on the Entity List, consisting of revisions to one entry under France, one entry under Iran, one entry under Senegal, and one entry under the United Kingdom.
On January 16, 2025, BIS published in the Federal Register an interim final rule (IFR), "Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits; Amendments and Clarifications; and Extension of Comment Period" (January 16 IFR). This rule revises Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 3A090 to correct this ECCN's license requirement added in the January 16 IFR.
BIS is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in response to requests from the public to provide additional due diligence procedures regarding advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs). This interim final rule (IFR) will protect the national security of the United States and assist foundries and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test ("OSATs") companies in complying with provisions of the EAR pertaining to advanced computing ICs in the supply chain. This IFR also revises the EAR to make amendments and clarifications to the EAR for changes made to the EAR in an IFR released by BIS on December 2, 2024, "Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items," (FDP IFR), including extending the deadline for written comments for the FDP IFR to March 14, 2025.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 11 entities under 11 entries to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China) (11). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security and/or foreign policy interests of the United States. This rule also revises one existing entry on the Entity List under the destination of India.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 16 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (14) and Singapore (2). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
On January 10, 2025, the Office of the Federal Register posted for public inspection a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule: "Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion" (RIN 0694-AJ90). This document announces that, on January 15, 2025, BIS will host a virtual public briefing on this rule. This document also provides details on the procedures for participating in the virtual public briefing.
With this interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models. In conjunction with the expansion of these controls, which BIS has determined are necessary to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, BIS is adding new license exceptions and updating the Data Center Validated End User authorization to facilitate the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of advanced computing (ICs) to end users in destinations that do not raise national security or foreign policy concerns. Together, these changes will cultivate secure ecosystems for the responsible diffusion and use of AI and advanced computing ICs.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 13 entities under 13 entries to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destinations of Burma (1), China, People's Republic of (China) (11), and Pakistan (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security and/ or foreign policy interests of the United States. This rule also amends the EAR by making certain editorial corrections and clarifications. BIS is making the corrections and clarifications in order to minimize confusion and not impede the free flow of commerce.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 8 entities to the Entity List, under the destinations of Burma (2), China, People's Republic of (China) (2), and Russia (4). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
Entity List membership · advanced computing · Rule
Abstract
In this interim final rule (IFR), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) makes changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls for certain advanced computing items, supercomputers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which includes adding new controls for certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment and related items, creating new Foreign Direct Product (FDP) rules for certain commodities to impair the capability to produce "advanced-node integrated circuits" ("advanced-node ICs") by certain destinations or entities of concern, adding new controls for certain high bandwidth memory important for advanced computing, and clarifying controls on certain software keys that allow for the use of items such as software tools. This IFR publishes concurrently with another BIS final rule entitled, "Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; and Removals from the Validated End-User (VEU) Program" (Entity List rule) that adds to and modifies the Entity List to ensure appropriate EAR controls are in place for certain critical technologies and to minimize the risk of diversion to entities of concern.
Entity List membership · advanced computing · Rule
Abstract
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 140 entities to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China), Japan, South Korea, and Singapore and have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. This final rule also modifies 14 existing entries on the Entity List, consisting of revisions to 14 entries under China. This final rule publishes concurrently with BIS's interim final rule, "Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items" (0694-AJ74), which makes additional changes to the EAR controls on advanced computing items and semiconductor manufacturing items. This final rule is part of this larger effort to ensure that appropriate EAR controls are in place on these items, including in connection with transactions destined to or otherwise involving the entities being added to the Entity List, as well as for existing entries on the Entity List that are being modified. All of these entities (those newly added and those being modified) are involved with the development and production of "advanced-node integrated circuits" ("advanced-node ICs") and/or semiconductor manufacturing items, and/or have supported the Chinese government's Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) Development Strategy. Additionally, this final rule designates nine of these entities being added and seven of the entries being modified as entities for which entity-specific restrictions involving foreign-produced items apply. This final rule also amends the EAR by removing three entities from the Validated End- User (VEU) Program.
Entity List membership · advanced computing · Rule
Abstract
On December 2, 2024, the Office of the Federal Register posted for public inspection two related Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) rules: an interim final rule, "Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items," (RIN 0694-AJ74) and a final rule, "Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; Removals from the Validated End-User (VEU) Program" (RIN 0694-AJ77). This document announces that, on December 5, 2024, BIS will host a virtual public briefing on these rules. This document also provides details on the procedures for participating in the virtual public briefing.
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) makes changes to the export controls against Russia and Belarus under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This final rule expands the scope of the Russian and Belarusian Industry Sector Sanctions by imposing controls on nine key precursors for riot control agents and a chemical weapon that Russia has deployed against Ukraine in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This final rule also makes adjustments to exclusions, exceptions, and licensing policy for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to certain components of the governments of Country Group A:5 and A:6 destinations that are in Russia and Belarus. Lastly, this final rule clarifies that the Russia/ Belarus-Military End User and Procurement Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) rule and the EAR's other Entity List FDP rules' license requirements extend to or within any destination or to any end user or party that otherwise meets the criteria. This final rule is being published concurrently with a BIS final rule, "Additions and Revisions of Entities to the Entity List" (RIN 0694-AJ94), which includes additional changes related to export controls related to Russia and Belarus.
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 40 entities under 42 entries and four addresses under four entries to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destinations of China, People's Republic of (China) (11), India (5), Malaysia (2), Russia (13), Singapore (1), and Turkey (14). Two entities are added to the Entity List under two destinations, which accounts for the difference in the totals. This final rule also modifies 52 existing entries on the Entity List under the destinations of China, Estonia, Finland, India, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United Kingdom. These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. This final rule is being published concurrently with a BIS final rule, "Implementation of Additional Export Controls Against Russia and Belarus Under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR); and Clarifications" (RIN 0694-AJ93), which includes additional changes related to export controls related to Russia and Belarus.
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 26 entries to the Entity List, under the destinations of the People's Republic of China (China), Egypt, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and modifies one existing entry under the destination of China. This rule also removes two entities from the entity list: one entity listed under the destination of China, and a second entity listed under the destinations of Canada, India, Japan, Malaysia, Sweden and the UAE.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding eight persons to the Unverified List (UVL). Of the eight persons being added, three are under the destination of China, People's Republic of (China); two are under the destination of Germany; one is under the destination of Pakistan; and two are under the destination of T[uuml]rkiye. BIS is also amending the EAR by removing two persons from the UVL. Of the two persons being removed, one is under the destination of Saudi Arabia, and the other is under the destination of China.
In this rule, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for data centers located in specified destinations ("Data Center VEU" or "Data Center VEU Authorization"). This expansion of the VEU program to include Data Center VEU is intended to facilitate quick and reliable export or reexport of items on the Commerce Control List necessary for a data center, including advanced computing items, to preapproved trusted end users. Data Center VEU adopts much of the framework of the existing VEU program, with additional requirements. This expansion of eligibility is intended to update the VEU program to recognize the advancement and benefits of artificial intelligence. As under the original VEU Authorization Program, the U.S. government will rigorously review Data Center VEU candidates' applications subject to detailed and verifiable criteria.
Federal Register documents of type Rule (final and interim final) for the Bureau of Industry and Security, published on or after 9 Sept 2024, newest first: 22 entity list membership · 7 destination scope · 7 advanced-computing controls · 19 other ear business. Document metadata is verbatim from the Federal Register API (authority tier 1); the subject label and the advanced-computing flag are keyword classifications over the title and abstract, shown on each row. 4 of 55 have no abstract in the Federal Register API (mostly correction documents) and were classified from the title alone, a less reliable read of advanced-computing content. BIS enforcement notices (temporary denial orders and denials of export privileges) publish in the Federal Register as Notices; this docket covers Rules, so they are not tracked here.
Compare this chronology with the trade impact analysis, which places bilateral semiconductor trade alongside recorded BIS actions.
